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作词 : Planxty |
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It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu. |
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And I took the road to Jackson town, My fortune to renew, |
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I cursed all foreign money, No credit could I gain, |
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Which filled my heart with longing for The lakes of Pontchartrain. |
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I stepped on board a railroad car, Beneath the morning sun, |
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I road the roads till evening, And I laid me down again, |
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All strangers there no friends to me, Till a dark girl towards me came, |
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And I fell in love with a Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. |
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I said, "My pretty Creole girl, My money here's no good, |
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But if it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out in the wood". |
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"You're welcome here kind stranger, Our house is very plain. |
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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, |
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The hair upon her shoulder In jet black ringlets fell. |
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To try and paint her beauty, I'm sure it would be in vain, |
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So handsome was my Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. |
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I asked her if she'd marry me, She said it could never be, |
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For she had got another, And he was far at sea. |
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She said that she would wait for him And true she would remain. |
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Till he returned for his Creole girl, By the lakes of Pontchartrain. |
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So fare thee well my Creole girl, I never will see you no more, |
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But I'll ne'er forget your kindness In the cottage by the shore. |
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And at each social gathering A flowing glass I'll raise, |
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And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl, And the lakes of Pontchartrain. |
