Lakes of Ponchartrain by Brent Berry
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- Artist: Brent Berry
- Title: Lakes of Ponchartrain
- Genre: Folk
- Mood: Laid Back/Groovy, Sentimental/Ballad, Inspirational
- Speed: Medium Fast (95-130)
- Instruments: Acoustic Guitar (Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin), Horns/Woodwinds/Brass
- Track type: Lyric - Full Length
- Date added: 1/1/0001
- Lyric themes: Traveling, Reminiscing, Friendship, Falling in Love, Unrequited Love, Thankful
- Lyrics: It was on one bright March morning I bid New Orleans adieu And I rode the rails to Jackson town, my fortune to imbue I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain Which filled me heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain. I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the morning sun And I rode the roads 'til evening and I laid me down again All strangers here, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came And I fell in love with a Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain. I said my pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good If it weren't for the alligators I'd sleep out in the wood You're welcome here kind stranger, our house it's very plain But we never turn a stranger out at the Lakes of Pontchartrain. She took me to her mothers house and she treated me quite well The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell To try and paint her beauty I'm sure t'would be in vain So handsome was my Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain. I asked her if she'd marry me, she'd said it could never be For she had got sailor man and he was off at sea She said that she would wait for him and faithful she would remain 'So I bid farewell to my Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain. So fair thee well me bonny o' girl I never see no more But I Wont forget your kindness and the cottage by the shore And at every social gathering a golden pint I'll drink And drink a health to me Creole girl from the Lakes of Pontchartrain.
- Keywords: inspirational, simple, acoustic, gentle
- Ending type: End Sustain
About Brent Berry
Brent Berry
Lawrence, KS United States
Genres:
Folk,
Reggae/Dub,
Ska,
Bluegrass,
Adult Contemporary,
Promo Music,
Roots Rock,
Mexican_Tejano,
Pop
While kicking a bass drum, playing a guitar, blowing a harp and singing or shouting about love and war. Songs about old ships and giving to much to the oars, street lights and snowy nights. Switching styles and language's as the night people give up their colors. "Some roads you just gotta strut down." The Brent Berry Band combines folk, reggae, bluegrass, blues and Latin music into one whirlwind, genre-defying show after another. It's a ...
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