Lakes of Pontchartrain chords by Seldom Sober Company

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Verse 1
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It was on one
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bright March morning
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I   built new links at the U
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And I took the road to Jackson town,
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my fortune to renew
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I cursed all foreign money,
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no credit could I gain
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Which filled my heart with longing for
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The lakes of Pontchartrain
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I stepped on board a railroad car
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Beneath the morning sun
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And I rode the roads till evening
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And I laid me down again
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All strangers there, no friends to me
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Till a dark girl towards me came
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And I fell in love with a Creole girl
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By the lakes of Pontchartrain
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And he said, my pretty Creole girl
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My money is no good
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If it weren't for the alligators,
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I'd sleep out in the wood
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You're welcome here, kind stranger,
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our house is very plain
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But we never turned a stranger out
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From the lakes of Ponshetree
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She took me in to her mummy's house
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And  treated me quite well
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The hair upon her shoulder,
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and yet black winglets fell
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To try and paint her beauty,
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I'm sure it would be in vain
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So handsome was my Creole girl
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By the lake and the chittering
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I'm going a boy, but boy
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I'm a bad boy,
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but good
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They asked her if she'd marry me
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She said it could never be
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For she had got another
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and he was far at sea
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She said that she would wait for him
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and true, she would remain
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Till he returned for his Criogo
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By  the leggings of Pontchartrain
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So fare thee well, me Criogo
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I  never will see you no more
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But I'll ne 'er forget your kindness
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in the cottage by the shore
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And at each social gathering
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a  flowing glass I'll raise
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And I'll drink a hell to make Ri o go
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And the lakes unshattering
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