The Lakes Of Ponchartrain (Key D Capo 2nd Fret)
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It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu.
And I took the road to Jackson town my fortune to renew,
I cursed all foreign money no credit could I gain,
Which filled my heart with longing for the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I stepped on board a railroad car beneath the morning sun,
I rode the roads 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 a Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I said, "My pretty Creole girl my money here's no good,
But 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 turn a stranger out from the lakes of Pontchartrain."
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She took me into her mammy's house and treated me quite well,
The hair up-on her shoulder in jet black ringlets fell.
To try and paint her beauty I'm sure it would be in vain,
So handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

I asked her if she'd marry me she said it could never be,
For she had got another and he was far at sea.
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain.
Till he returned for his Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

So fare thee well my Creole girl I ne’er will see you more,
But I'll never forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore.
And at each social gathering a flowing glass I'll drain
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl and the lakes of Pontchartrain
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Ponchartrain
Bass
Piano
Guitar
Strings
Pan Flute
Ocarina
Gtr Steel
Bass 2
Drums
Drums
Harmony
Lakes of Pontchartrain
Sequenced By
Barry Taylor
Ponchartrain