Lyrics - Lakes Of Ponchartrain by Moore Christy

It was one fine
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 a longing for, the
Lakes of
Ponchartrain
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 'til a dark girl towards me came
And
I fell in love with the
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 there in the wood""
You're welcome here kind stranger, from such sad thoughts refrain""
For me
Mammy welcomes strangers, 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 here beauty,
I'm 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
It's fare thee well, me
Creole girl,
I'll never see you more
I'll never 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
Chords - best if guitar tuned to
D
Modal............
Strings tuned -
E to
D /
B to
A /
G to
G /
D to
D /
A to
A /
E to
DKey of
DChords :
D,
D(
C#),
D(
B),
D (
A),
G,
A,
DD,
D(
C#).
D(
B).
D(
A).
Bm,
GD,
D(
C#).
D(
B).
D(
A).
Bm,
GD,
D(
C#),
D(
B),
D (
A),
G,
A,
D(gd/naas)

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