《Marie Laveau》歌词

[00:00:00] Marie Laveau - Dr. John

[00:00:14] Now there lived a conjure-lady, not long ago,

[00:00:20] In New Orleans, Louisiana – named Marie Laveau.

[00:00:27] Believe it or not, strange as it seem,

[00:00:33] She made her fortune selling voodoo,

[00:00:37] And interpreting dreams.

[00:00:40] She was known throughout the nation as the Voodoo Queen.

[00:00:46] Folks come to her, from miles and miles around,

[00:00:52] She sure know how to put that, that voodoo down.

[00:00:59] To the voodoo lady they all would go,

[00:01:05] The rich, the educated, the ignorant and the poor.

[00:01:12] She'd snap her fingers, and shake her head,

[00:01:18] She'd tell them 'bout their lovers – livin' or dead.

[00:01:25] Now an old, old lady named widow Brown,

[00:01:31] Asked why her lover, stopped comin' around

[00:01:38] The voodoo gazed at her and squawked

[00:01:43] I seen him kissin' a young girl,

[00:01:47] Up at Shakespeare's Park

[00:01:50] Hanging on an oak tree, in the dark.

[00:01:56] Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:02:02] Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:02:09] Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen,

[00:02:15] From way down yonder in New Orleans.

[00:02:22] Ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – yaaaaa

[00:02:35] Now old, old lady, she lost her speech,

[00:02:41] Tears start to rollin' down her checks,

[00:02:47] Voodoo say, "Hush my darlin don't you cry,"

[00:02:53] I make him come back, by and by.

[00:03:00] Just sprinkle this snake dust, all over your floor,

[00:03:06] I'll make him come back Friday mornin',

[00:03:09] When the rooster crow.

[00:03:13] Now Marie Laveau she held em in her hand,

[00:03:19] New Orleans, Louisiana was her promised land.

[00:03:26] Quality folks, come from far and near,

[00:03:33] This wonder woman, for to hear.

[00:03:38] They was afraid to be seen, at her gate,

[00:03:44] They'd creep through the dark, just to hear their fate.

[00:03:51] Holdin' dark veils, over their head,

[00:03:56] They would tremble to hear, what Maria would say.

[00:04:03] Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:04:09] Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:04:16] Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen,

[00:04:22] From way down yonder in New Orleans.

[00:04:29] Ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – yaaaaa

[00:04:42] And she made gris-gris, with an old ram horn,

[00:04:48] Stuffed with feathers, shuck from a corn.

[00:04:55] A big black candle, and a catfish fin,

[00:05:00] She make a man get religion,

[00:05:04] And give up his sin.

[00:05:07] Sad news got out one mornin',

[00:05:11] At the break of day,

[00:05:14] Marie Laveau had done pass away.

[00:05:20] St. Louis cemetery, she lay in her tomb,

[00:05:25] She was buried one night,

[00:05:28] On the wake of the moon.

[00:05:32] Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:05:38] Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:05:44] The folks still believe, in the Voodoo Queen,

[00:05:51] From way down yonder in New Orleans.

[00:05:57] Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:06:03] Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:06:10] Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen,

[00:06:16] From way down yonder in New Orleans.

[00:06:23] Marie, Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau,

[00:06:29] Marie Laveau, the Marie Laveau,

[00:06:35] Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen.