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gráinne & brendan - the lakes of pontchartrain lyrics

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[verse 1]
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

[verse 2]
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

[verse 3]
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. from such our thoughts refrain
but we never turn a stranger out on the lakes of pontchartrain.”

[verse 4]
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 and paint her beauty, i’m sure would be in vain
so handsome was my creole girl on the lakes of pontchartrain

[verse 5]
and i asked her is she’d marry me. and she said it’d never be
for she had got another and he was off at sea
she said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
till he returned to his creole girl by the lakes of pontchartrain

[verse 6]
so fare thee well my creole girl. i may never see you no more
i won’t forget your kindness in that cottage by the sh-r-
and at every social gathering a flowing bowl i’ll drain
and i’ll drink all health to my creole girl by the lakes of pontchartrain

- grainne brendan lyrics

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