Pontchartrain - Jane Siberry
Artist : “Jane Siberry”
Song title : “Pontchartrain”
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o it was one fine morning
I bid new orleans adieu
And took the road to jackson town
My fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money
No credit could i gain
Which had my heart a-longing
for the lakes of pontchartrain
I stowed aboard a railroad car
Beneath the morning sun
And i rode the rails til eventide
Til i finally lay me down
No stranger would befriend me
Til a dark girl toward me came
And i fell in love with a creole girl
On the lakes of pontchartrain
I said my bonnie creole lass
My money tis no good
And if it werent for the alligators
Id sleep here in the wood
Youre welcome here kind stranger
Our house is very plain
But we never turn a stranger out
On the lakes of pontchartrain
She took me into her mamas house
And she treated me right well
The hair upon her shoulders
In jet black ringlets fell
To try to paint her beauty
Twould surely be in vain
So handsome was my creole lass
On the lakes of pontchartrain
I asked her if shed marry me
She said that neer could be
for she had a lover
Who was far away at sea
She said that she would wait for him
And true she would remain
Til he returned to his creole lass
On the lakes of pontchartrain
So fare thee well
My creole lass
Ill neer see you no more
And ill neer forget your kindness
In the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering
A flowing bowl ill drain
Ill raise a glass to my creole lass
On the lakes of pontchartrain
Ill raise a glass to my bonnie lass
On the lakes of pontchartrain