Marie Laveau-Bobby Bare

[ti:Marie Lavaux] [ar:Bobby Bare] [al:The Essential Bobby Bare] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare [00:00.95]The most famous of the voodoo queens that ever existed [00:03.92]Is Marie Laveau down in Louisiana [00:05.78] [00:06.98]There's a lot of weird ungodly tales about Marie [00:09.53] [00:10.09]She's supposed to have a lot of magic potions spells and curses [00:15.51]Down in Louisiana where the black trees grow [00:19.27]Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau [00:23.31]Got a black cat's tooth and a Mojo bone [00:27.62]And anyone who wouldn't leave her alone [00:31.36]She'd go (growl) another man done gone [00:36.37] [00:39.99]She lives in a swamp in a hollow log [00:43.81]With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog [00:47.86]She's got a bent bony body and stringy hair [00:51.80] [00:52.50]If she ever seen y'all messin' 'round there [00:55.94]She'd go (growl) another man done gone [01:01.23] [01:04.80]And then one night when the moon was black [01:07.99] [01:08.80]Into the swamp come handsome Jack [01:12.04] [01:12.93]A no good man like you all know [01:16.49](TALK) He was lookin' around for Marie Laveau [01:20.74]He said Marie Laveau you lovely witch [01:24.31] [01:25.06]Gimme a little a little charm that'll make me rich [01:28.30] [01:29.05]Gimme a million dollars and I tell you what I'll do [01:32.62] [01:33.25]This very night I'm gonna marry you [01:36.24] [01:36.86]Then It'll be (growl) another man done gone [01:41.98] [01:45.05]So Marie done some magic and she shook a little sand [01:48.80] [01:49.69]Made a million dollars and she put it in his hand [01:52.86] [01:53.42]Then she giggled and she wiggled and she said Hey Hey [01:57.85]I'm gettin' ready for my weddin' day [02:01.41]But old handsome Jack he said goodbye Marie [02:05.15] [02:05.96]You're too damned ugly for a rich man like me [02:09.89]Then Marie started mumblin' her fangs started gnashin' [02:14.01]Her body started tremblin' and her eyes started flashin' [02:17.81]And she went (growl) another man done gone [02:22.95] [02:25.95]So if you ever git down where the black trees grow [02:30.13]And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau [02:33.75] [02:34.43]If she ever asks you to make her your wife [02:38.19]Man you better stay with her for the rest of your life [02:41.94]Or it'll be (growl) another man done gone