Pontchartrain
Jane Siberry

O it was one fine morning
I bid New Orleans adieu
And took the road to Jackson Town
My fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money
No credit could I gain
Which had my heart a-longing
For the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I stowed aboard a railroad car
Beneath the morning sun
And I rode the rails 'til eventide
'Til I finally lay me down
No stranger would befriend me
'Til a dark girl toward me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I said 'My bonnie Creole lass,
My money 'tis no good
And if it weren't for the alligators
I'd sleep here in the wood.'
'You're welcome here kind stranger
Our house is very plain
But we never turn a stranger out
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain.'

She took me into her mama's house
And she treated me right well
The hair upon her shoulders
In jet black ringlets fell
To try to paint her beauty
'Twould surely be in vain
So handsome was my Creole lass
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain

I asked her if she'd marry me,
She said that ne'er could be
For she had a lover
Who was far away at sea
She said that she would wait for him
And true she would remain
'Til he returned to his Creole lass
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain

So fare thee well, my Creole lass,
I'll ne'er see you no more
And I'll ne'er forget your kindness
In the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering
A flowing bowl I'll drain
I'll raise a glass to my Creole lass
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain
I'll raise a glass to my bonnie lass
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain


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  Above The Treeline   Adam And Eve   All The Candles In The World   All Through The Night   An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around)   Angel Voyeur   Anytime   Are You Burning, Little Candle?   As I Roved Out   At The Beginning Of Time   Barkis Is Willin'   Begat Begat   Bessie   Bound By The Beauty   Broken Birds   Burning Ship   Calling All Angels   Caravan   Carol of the Bells   Count Your Blessings   Dancing Class   Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog   Extra Executives   False False Fly   First Word   Flirtin' Is A Flo-Thing   Foecke   Follow Me   Freedom Is Gold   Goin' Down The River   Goodbye   Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead   Grace Hospital   Half Angel Half Eagle   Hockey   Honey Bee   Hotel Room 417   I Muse Aloud   I Paddle My Canoe   I Will Survive   In The Bleak Mid-Winter   In The Blue Light   Ingrid And The Footman   It Can't Rain All The Time   Jacob's Ladder   Jesus Christ The Apple Tree   La Jalouse   Last Word   Lena Is A White Table   Let's Not Talk Now   Love Is Everything   Love Is Everything (Harmony Version)   Love Is Everything [Harmony Version]   Lovin' Cup   Map Of The World (Part I)   Map Of The World (Part II)   Map Of The World (Part III): Are We Dancing Now?   Marco Polo   Maria   Maria Wanders Through The Thorn   Mary Had...   Mary's Lullaby   Mein Bitte   Mimi On The Beach   Mimi Speaks   Miss Punta Blanca   Nasty And Delicious   Nasty And Delicious (Reprise)   O Holy Night   O Shenandoah / Sail Away   Oh My My   Oh My Sister   Ol' Man River   One More Colour   Puppet City   Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachée?   Red High Heels   Sail Across The Water   See The Child   Seven Steps To The Wall   She's Like The Swallow   Shir Amami   Silent Night   Slow Tango   Something About Trains   Song To My Father   Streets Of Laredo   Sweet Incarnadine   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   Symmetry (The Way Things Have To Be)   Temple   Temple (Ambient Mix)   Temple (Orinoco Mix)   Temple (Sanctuary Mix)   Temple (Single Mix)   Temple [Album Version]   Temple [Sanctuary Mix]   The Bird In The Gravel   The Bridge   The Christmas Song   The Empty City   The Gospel According To Darkness   The Life Is The Red Wagon   The Lobby   The Long Pirouette   The Magic Beads   The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm   The Sky Is So Blue   The Slow Tango   The Squirrel Crossed The Road   The Strange Well   The Taxi Ride   The Valley   The Very Large Hat   The Vigil (The Sea)   The Waitress   The Walking (And Constantly)   The Water Is Wide   The White Tent The Raft   This Girl I Know   Trumpeter Swan   Up The Loggin' Road   Valley Of The Dolls   Viking Heart   Vladimir Vladimir   We Should Be There By Morning   What Child Is This?   What Is This Lovely Fragrance Stealing?   When Last I Was A Fisherman   When Spring Comes   Wildwood Carol   Would You Go?   Writers Are A Funny Breed   You Don't Need   You Say I Say   You Will Be Born

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