The Lakes of Pontchartrain letra

'Twas on one bright March morning
I bid New Orleans adieu
And I took the road to Jackson town
Me fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money
No credit could I gain
Which filled me heart with longing
For the lakes of Pontchartrain

I stepped on board a railcar
Beneath the morning Sun
And I rode the rods till evening
And I laid me down again
All strangers there, no friends to me
Till a pretty girl towards me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl
By the lakes of Pontchartrain

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

I asked her if she'd marry me
She said this could never 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
By the lakes of Pontchartrain

So fare thee well, my bonny own girl
I never may see you more
But I'll ne'er forget your kindness
In the cottage by the shore
And in each social gathering
A flowing glass I'll drain
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl
By the lakes of Pontchartrain

Celtic Woman - Letras

• A Spaceman Came Travelling
• A Stór Mo Chroí
• A Woman's Heart
• Ae Fond Kiss
• Amazing Grace
• An Angel
• An Cailín Dearg
• Ancient Land
• At the Ceili
• Auld Lang Syne
• Ave Maria
• Awakening
• Away In A Manger
• Baby Mine
• Ballroom Of Romance
• Be Still
• Bean Pháidín
• Beeswing
• Beyond the Sea
• Black Is The Color
• Bonny Portmore
• Brahms' Lullaby
• Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Caledonia
• Carol Of The Bells
• Carolina Ruadh
• Carrickfergus
• Christmas Pipes
• Cinema Paradiso
• County Down
• Danny Boy
• Ding Dong Merrily On High
• Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil
• Down by the Salley Gardens
• Dulaman
• Faith's Song
• Fields of Gold
• Follow Me
• Follow On
• Galway Bay
• Garden Of Eden
• Going Home
• Goodnight My Angel
• Granuaile's Dance
• Green Grow The Rushes
• Green the Whole Year 'Round
• Harry's Game
• Harry's Name
• Have I told you lately that I love you?
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• Homeland
• How Can I Keep From Singing
• Hush Little Baby
• I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls
• I Know My Love
• I See Fire
• I'll Be Home For Christmas
• Is Sinne Mná Na Héireann
• Isle Of Inisfree
• Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
• Joy To The World
• Lascia Ch'io Pianga
• Lay Your Head Down
• Let It Snow!
• Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
• Long Journey Home
• Love & Honour
• Mary's Boy Child
• May it Be
• Mise Éire
• Mná Na hÉireann
• Mo Ghile Mear
• Mo Ghile Mear (My Gallant Star)
• Moorlough Shore
• My Heart Was Home Again
• My Heart Will Go On
• My Lagan Love
• My Land
• Nella fantasia
• Newgrange
• Níl Sé'n Lá
• Nocturne
• Non C'è Più
• O Come, All Ye Faithful
• O Holy Night
• O Tannenbaum
• O, America!
• Oh! Holy Nigth
• One World
• Orinoco Flow
• Oro, Se Do Bheatha 'Bhaile
• Over The Rainbow
• Panis Angelicus
• Pie Jesu
• Princess Toyotomi
• Rainbow
• Ride On
• Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh
• Sailing
• Scarborough Fair
• Send Me a Song
• She Moved Thru' The Fair
• Shenandoah
• Sí Do Mhaimeo Í (The Wealthy Widow)
• Silent Night
• Silent Night (2016 version)
• Sing Out!
• Sionnan (Shannon)
• Siúil a Rún (Walk My Love)
• Siulil A Run
• Sive
• Skylands
• Skyrim
• Someday
• Sometimes A Prayer Will Do
• Somewhere
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow
• Songs From The Heart: Walking the Night/The World Falls Away
• Spanish Lady
• Stay Awake
• Suantrai
• Tara's Tunes
• Tears In Heaven
• Téir Abhaile Riú
• The Blessing
• The Butterfly
• The Call
• The Calm Of The Day / The Banshee
• The Christmas Song
• The Dawning of the Day
• The Enchanted Way
• The First Noel
• The Galway Shawl
• The Lakes of Pontchartrain
• The Last Rose of Summer
• The Little Drummer Boy
• The Moon's A Harsh Mistress
• The New Ground-Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears
• The Parting Glass
• The Prayer
• The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun
• The Soft Goodbye
• The Voice
• The Water is Wide
• The Wexford Carol
• The Whole Of The Moon
• The World Falls Away
• Time to Say Goodbye
• Tir Na Nóg
• Tread Lightly
• True Colors
• Vivaldi's Rain
• Walk Beside Me
• Walking in the air
• Walking The Night
• Walking The Night / The World Falls Away
• We Three Kings
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Westering Home
• What Child Is This
• When You Believe
• When You Go
• When You Wish Upon A Star
• White Christmas
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• Wild Mountainside
• Winter Wonderland
• You Raise me up
• You'll Be In My Heart
• You'll Never Walk Alone