{"id":1653,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/lakes-of-pontchartrain"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"lakes-of-pontchartrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/lakes-of-pontchartrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakes of Pontchartrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

O’er railroad ties and crossings
\nI made my weary way,
\nThrough swamps and elevations
\nMy tired feet did stray
\nUntil I resolved at sunset
\nSome higher ground to win.
\n‘Twas there I met with a Creole girl
\nBy the lake of Ponchartrain.<\/p>\n

“Good evening, fair maiden,
\nMy money does me no good.
\nIf it wan’t for the allegators
\nI’d stay out in the wood.”
\n“You’re welcome, welcome, stranger.
\nAt home it is quite plain
\nFor we never turn a stranger
\nFrom the lake of Ponchartrain.”<\/p>\n

She took me to her mother’s home
\nAnd she treated me quite well;
\nHer long black hair in ringlets
\nUpon her shoulders fell.
\nI tried to paint her picture
\nBut, alas, it was in vain
\nSo handsome was that Creole girl
\nBy the lake of Ponchartrain.<\/p>\n

I asked her if she’d marry me
\nShe said that ne’er could be;
\nShe said she had a lover,
\nAnd he was on the sea,
\nShe said she had a lover
\nIt was true she would remain,
\nUntil he returned for the Creole girl
\nBy the lake of Ponchartrain.<\/p>\n

Adieu, adieu, fair maiden,
\nYou ne’er shall see me more
\nAnd when you are thinking of the old times
\nAnd the cottage by the shore
\nAnd when I meet a sociable
\nWith a glass of the foaming main
\nI’ll drink good health to the Creole girl
\nBy the lake of Ponchartrain.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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