It was one fine March morning, I bid New Orleans AdieuAnd I took the road to Jackson Town, my fortune to renewI cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gainWhich filled my heart with a longing for, the Lakes of PonchartrainI stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sunI rode the rods till evening and I laid me down againAll strangers there no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me cameAnd I fell in love with the Creole Girl, by the Lakes of PonchartrainI 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 woodYou're welcome here kind stranger, from such sad thoughts refrainFor me Mammy welcomes strangers, by the Lakes of PonchartrainShe took me into her mammy's house and treated me right wellThe hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fellTo try and paint here beauty, I'm sure i't would be in vainSo handsome was my Creole girl by the Lakes of PonchartrainI asked her if she'd marry me, she said that ne'er could beFor she had got a lover and he was far at seaShe said that she would wait for him and true she would remainTill he'd return to his Creole girl, on the Lakes of PonchartrainIt's fare thee well, me Creole girl, I'll never see you moreI'll never forget your kindness in the cottage by the shoreAnd at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll drainAnd I'll drink a health to my Creole girl, by the Lakes of Ponchartrain
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