Lakes Of Ponchartrain — текст песни (moore christy)

It was one fine March morning, I bid New Orleans Adieu
And I took the road to Jackson Town, my fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain
Which filled my heart with a longing for, the Lakes of Ponchartrain
I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun
I rode the rods till evening and I laid me down again
All strangers there no friends to me `til a dark girl towards me came
And I fell in love with the Creole Girl, by the Lakes of Ponchartrain
I 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 wood
You`re welcome here kind stranger, from such sad thoughts refrain
For me Mammy welcomes strangers, by the Lakes of Ponchartrain
She took me into her mammy`s house and treated me right well
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell
To try and paint here beauty, I`m sure `twould be in vain
So handsome was my Creole girl by the Lakes of Ponchartrain
I asked her if she`d marry me, she said that ne`er could be
For she had got a lover and he was far at sea
She said that she would wait for him and true she would remain
Till he`d return to his Creole girl, on the Lakes of Ponchartrain
It`s fare thee well, me Creole girl, I`ll never see you more
I`ll never forget your kindness in the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I`ll drain
And I`ll drink a health to my Creole girl, by the Lakes of Ponchartrain
Chords - best if guitar tuned to D Modal............
Strings tuned -
E to D / B to A / G to G / D to D / A to A / E to D
Key of D
Chords :
D, D(C#),D(B),D (A), G, A, D
D, D(C#).D(B). D(A). Bm, G
D, D(C#).D(B). D(A). Bm, G
D, D(C#),D(B),D (A), G, A, D
(gd/naas)