《The Lakes of Ponchertrain》歌词

[00:00:00] The Lakes of Ponchertrain - Fuchsia Agus Tiúilipí Banda

[00:00:39] It was one fine March morning

[00:00:44] I bid New Orleans Adieu

[00:00:48] I took the road to Jackson Town

[00:00:53] My fortune to renew

[00:00:58] I cursed all foreign money

[00:01:02] No credit could I gain

[00:01:07] Which filled my heart with a longing for

[00:01:12] The Lakes of Ponchartrain

[00:01:16] I stepped on board of a railroad car

[00:01:21] Beneath the morning sun

[00:01:26] I rode the rods till evening

[00:01:30] And I laid me down again

[00:01:35] All strangers there no friends to me

[00:01:40] 'Til a dark girl towards me came

[00:01:44] And I fell in love with the Creole Girl

[00:01:49] By the Lakes of Ponchartrain

[00:01:54] I said my pretty Creole Girl

[00:01:58] Me money here's no good

[00:02:03] If it weren't for the alligators

[00:02:08] I'd sleep out there in the wood

[00:02:12] You're welcome here kind stranger

[00:02:17] Our house it's very plain

[00:02:21] But we never turn a stranger out

[00:02:26] From the Lakes of Pontchartrain

[00:03:08] She took me into her mammy's house

[00:03:12] And treated me right well

[00:03:17] The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell

[00:03:26] To try and paint here beauty

[00:03:31] I'm sure 'twould be in vain

[00:03:35] So handsome was my Creole girl

[00:03:40] By the Lakes of Ponchartrain

[00:03:45] I asked her if she'd marry me

[00:03:49] She said that ne'er could be

[00:03:54] For she had got a lover he was far away at sea

[00:04:03] She said she would wait for him

[00:04:07] And true she would remain

[00:04:12] Till he'd return to his Creole girl

[00:04:17] On the Lakes of Ponchartrain

[00:04:21] So fare thee well me Creole girl

[00:04:26] I'll never see you more

[00:04:31] I'll never forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore

[00:04:40] And at each social gathering a flowing bowl I'll drain

[00:04:49] And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl

[00:04:54] By the Lakes of Ponchartrain