Dorraine Of Ponchartrain (Without Spoken Intro) 3:04-Johnny Cash

[00:06.93]as i walked by the lake one day by chance my dorraine passed my way [00:13.57]then she and i walked hand in hand on the banks of ponchartrain [00:19.92]i pinned a flower on her heart, i swore we'd never be apart [00:26.78]she vowed her love forever and as i kissed her did the same [03:20.77]dorraine, my dorraine, my dark haired little angel [03:30.94]my belle of ponchartrain [00:47.85]we sat down on the dock and with our hearts and fingers locked [00:54.38]we laughed and talked and joked about when our names are the same [01:01.20]and joking i said honey are you marrying me for money [01:07.75]and it took just one quick look to tell it hurt my dear dorraine [01:16.22]she jumped and stood above me and she cried why you don't love me [01:22.70]i'm rowing home across the lake you won't see me again [01:29.36]i called and called some more but she rowed fast from the shore [01:35.84]and the clouds brought by a wind began to rain on ponchartrain [01:42.66]dorraine, i called dorraine [01:49.08]come back my little angel my belle of ponchartrain [01:57.50]the storm should make her learn that she should make a swift return [02:04.17]but as the rain fell harder i lost sight of my dorraine [02:10.69]as panic gripped my heart i drew the oars and made my start [02:17.04]to look for her on raging waters and the rain on ponchartrain [02:26.08]at darkness i still called but no one heard my cries at all [02:32.24]and when the daybreak came then others helped me look for my dorraine [02:38.79]but there was not a thing afloat except the oars from her rowboat [02:45.14]for all was lost upon the choppy waves and rain on ponchartrain [02:54.38]now i come day after day to where my sweetheart rowed away [03:00.52]and i gaze across the water of the rainy ponchartrain [03:07.11]just one thing and nothing more ever floated back to shore [03:13.46]was this flower i hold it is the one i pinned on my dorraine