Lakes of Pontchartrain

Lakes of Pontchartrain

The Be Good Tanyas

Track 4 on Blue Horse, Released 2000

Lakes of Pontchartrain Lyrics

It was on one fine March morning when I bid New Orleans adieu

And I was on the road to Jackson town, my fortunes to renew

I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain

Which filled my heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain

I sat on board a railway car beneath the morning sun

And I rode the rails 'til evening when I laid me down again

All strangers there, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came

And I fell in love with a Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I said, "My pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good

If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods."

"You're welcome here kind stranger. Our house is very plain

But we never turn a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain."

She took me out to her mama's house and treated me right well

The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell

To try to paint her beauty I'm sure would be in vain

So handsome was my Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I asked her would she marry me. And she said it never would be

For she had got another and he was off at sea

She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain

Waiting for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

So fair thee well my bonny old girl. I may never see you no more

I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore

And at every social gathering a golden glass I'll drain

And I'll drink all health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

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