Lakes of Pontchartrain (intro) (sample)

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1. It was one fine 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 mo..ney, no credit could I gain,

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till I fell in love with the Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

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2. She took me into her Mamma's house, and treated me right well,

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the hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell.

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To try and paint her beauty, I knew, it would be in vain,

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so handsome was my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.

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3. I asked her if she'd marry me, she said that ne'er could be,

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for she had got a lover 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'd return to his Creole girl on the lakes of Pontchartrain.

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4. It’s fare thee well, my Creole girl, I never will see you more,

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I won’t forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore.

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And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll drain,

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and I'll drink a health to my Creole girl by the lakes of Pontchartrain.    

(Christy Moore)