[00:00.00]Lakes Of Pontchartrain - The Be Good Tanyas
[00:00.33]Written by：Traditional/Jolie Holland
[00:00.66]It was on one fine march morning when I bid New Orleans adieu
[00:11.06]And I was on the road to Jackson town my fortunes to renew
[00:20.85]I cursed small foreign money no credit could I gain
[00:29.65]Which filled my heart with longing for the Lakes of Pontchartrain
[00:41.73]I sat on board a railway car beneath the morning sun
[00:51.03]And I rode the rails till evening and I laid me down again
[01:00.40]All strangers here no friends to me till a dark girl towards me came
[01:09.46]And I fell in love with a Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain
[01:21.37]I said my pretty Creole girl my money here's no good
[01:30.34]If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods
[01:39.85]You're welcome here kind stranger our house is very plain
[01:48.91]But we never turn a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain
[02:00.58]She took me onto her mama's house and treated me quite well
[02:09.85]Her hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
[02:18.72]To try to paint her beauty I'm sure would be in vain
[02:27.46]So handsome was my Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain
[02:39.23]I asked her would she marry me now she'd said it never would be
[02:48.13]For she had got another and he was off at sea
[02:57.23]She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain
[03:06.39]And wait up for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain
[03:52.95]So fare you well my bonny old girl I may never see you no more
[04:01.93]I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore
[04:10.81]And at every social gathering a golden glass I'll drink
[04:19.59]And I'll drink all health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain