Lakes of Pontchartrain Christy Moore
[C]It was one [C/B]fine March m[Am]orni[G]ng I [F]bid New Orleans adi[C]eu
And I [C]took the[C/B] road to [Am]Jackson [G]town, my [C]fortune to ren[F]ew.
I [C]cursed all [C/B]foreign [Am]mon[G]ey, no [Cm]credit could I g[F]ain,
Which [C]filled me [C/B]heart with [Am]longing [G]for the l[F]akes of Ponchart[C]rain.
I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun,
I rode the rods till evening and I laid me down again.
All strangers there no friends to me till a dark girl towards me came
And I fell in love with my Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain.
I said, "Me pretty Creole girl, me money here's no good,
If it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood."
"You're welcome here, kind stranger, our house is very plain,
But we never turned a stranger out by the lakes of Ponchartrain.
She took me into her Mammy's house, and treated me right well.
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell.
To try and paint her beauty, Im sure twould be in vain,
So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain.
I asked her if she'd marry me. She said that ne'er could be
For she had got a lover and he was far at sea.
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
Till he'd return to his Creole girl on the lakes of Ponchartrain.
Its fare thee well, me Creole girl, I never may see you more.
I'll neer forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll drain
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl by the lakes of Ponchartrain.
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