Lakes of ponchartrain lyrics

Artist  : Moore christy 
Song : Lakes of ponchartrain
 
It was one fine March morning, I bid New Orleans
Adieu
And I took the road to Jackson Town, my fortune
to renew
I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I
gain
Which filled my heart with a longing for, the
Lakes of Ponchartrain
I stepped on board of a railroad car beneath the
morning sun
I rode the rods till evening and I laid me down
again
All strangers there no friends to me 'til a dark
girl towards me came
And I fell in love with the Creole Girl, by the
Lakes of Ponchartrain
I said "Me pretty Creole Girl, me money here's no
good,
If it weren't for the alligators, I'd sleep out
there in the wood"
"You're welcome here kind stranger, from such sad
thoughts refrain"
"For me Mammy welcomes strangers, by the Lakes of
Ponchartrain"
She took me into her mammy's house and treated me
right well
The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets
fell
To try and paint here beauty, I'm sure 'twould be
in vain
So handsome was my Creole girl by the Lakes of
Ponchartrain
I asked her if she'd marry me, she said that
ne'er could 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, on the Lakes
of Ponchartrain
It's fare thee well, me Creole girl, I'll never
see you more
I'll never forget your kindness in the cottage by
the shore
And at each social gathering, a flowing bowl I'll
drain
And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl, by the
Lakes of Ponchartrain
Chords - best if guitar tuned to D
Modal............
Strings tuned - 
E to D / B to A / G to G / D to D / A to A / E to
D
Key of  D
Chords :  
D, D(C#),D(B),D (A), G, A, D
D, D(C#).D(B). D(A). Bm, G
D, D(C#).D(B). D(A). Bm, G
D, D(C#),D(B),D (A), G, A, D
(gd/naas)