Martin Simpson《The Lakes of Ponchartrain》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:23.76]Through streams and bogs and under bush [00:26.40]I made my weary way [00:28.91]Though windfalls thick and devil's floods [00:31.32]My aching feet did stray [00:34.06]Until at last by evening start [00:36.63]On higher ground I gained [00:39.38]And there I met with a Creole girl [00:41.78]By the Lakes of Pontchartrain [01:05.50]Good evening to you Creole girl [01:07.97]My money is no good [01:10.64]Although I fear the 'gaitors [01:12.60]Well I must defend the wood [01:15.32]You are welcome here kind stranger [01:18.21]My house is very plain [01:21.02]But we never turn a stranger out [01:23.46]By the Lakes of Pontchartrain [01:47.10]She took me to her mammy's house [01:49.44]And she treated me right well [01:52.36]The hair around her shoulders [01:54.13]In them jet black ringlets fell [01:57.46]I'd try to describe her beauty [01:59.48]But I find the words in vain [02:02.65]So beautiful that Creole girl [02:05.09]By the Lakes of Pontchartrain [02:28.24]Well I asked if she'd marry me [02:31.26]She said that could not be [02:33.83]Because she loved a sailor [02:35.86]And he's far away at sea [02:38.98]She said that she would marry him [02:41.60]And true she would remain [02:44.10]Even through he never did comeback [02:46.61]To the Lakes of Pontchartrain [03:09.72]So farewell farwell you Creole girl [03:12.72]I'll ne'er see you no more [03:15.39]I'll ne'er forget your kindness [03:17.49]In the cottage by the shore [03:20.66]And at each social gathering [03:23.05]A flowing glass I'd drain [03:25.74]And I drink a health to the Creole girl [03:28.23]By the Lakes of Pontchartrain