Marie Laveau-Dr. John

[ti:Marie Laveau] [ar:Dr. John] [al:The Best Of The Parlophone Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Marie Laveau - Dr. John [00:14.71]Now there lived a conjure-lady, not long ago, [00:19.37] [00:20.66]In New Orleans, Louisiana – named Marie Laveau. [00:26.17] [00:27.51]Believe it or not, strange as it seem, [00:33.55]She made her fortune selling voodoo, and interpreting dreams. [00:39.41] [00:40.19]She was known throughout the nation as the Voodoo Queen. [00:46.94]Folks come to her, from miles and miles around, [00:52.49]She sure know how to put that, that voodoo down. [00:57.47] [00:59.94]To the voodoo lady they all would go, [01:05.55]The rich, the educated, the ignorant and the poor. [01:11.92]She'd snap her fingers, and shake her head, [01:18.20]She'd tell them bout their lovers – living or dead. [01:23.20] [01:25.17]Now an old, old lady named widow Brown, [01:30.06] [01:31.21]Asked why her lover, stopped coming around [01:36.66] [01:37.51]The voodoo gazed at her and squawked [01:43.96]I seen him kissing a young girl, up at Shakespeare's Park [01:49.73] [01:50.57]Hanging on an oak tree, in the dark. [01:55.99]Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [02:02.62]Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [02:09.16]Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen, [02:15.22]From way down yonder in New Orleans. [02:22.32]Ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – yaaaaa [02:34.83] [02:35.42]Now old, old lady, she lost her speech, [02:41.63]Tears start to rolling down her checks, [02:45.27] [02:48.11]Voodoo say, "Hush my darling don't you cry," [02:52.38] [02:53.88]I make him come back, by and by. [02:58.39] [03:00.35]Just sprinkle this snake dust, all over your floor, [03:06.66]I'll make him come back Friday morning, when the rooster crow. [03:13.04]Now Marie Laveau she held em in her hand, [03:17.93] [03:19.47]New Orleans, Louisiana was her promised land. [03:24.01] [03:26.16]Quality folks, come from far and near, [03:30.35] [03:32.83]This wonder woman, for to hear. [03:38.31]They was afraid to be seen, at her gate, [03:43.72] [03:44.75]They'd creep through the dark, just to hear their fate. [03:51.09]Holding dark veils, over their head, [03:56.05] [03:56.92]They would tremble to hear, what Maria would say. [04:03.51]Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [04:09.20]Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [04:16.21]Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen, [04:22.57]From way down yonder in New Orleans. [04:29.01]Ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – ya, ya, ya – yaaaaa [04:42.01] [04:42.66]And she made gris-gris, with an old ram horn, [04:48.45]Stuffed with feathers, shuck from a corn. [04:55.04]A big black candle, and a catfish fin, [04:59.95] [05:01.19]She make a man get religion, and give up his sin. [05:05.82] [05:07.85]Sad news got out one morning, at the break of day, [05:13.18] [05:13.94]Marie Laveau had done pass away. [05:20.13]St. Louis cemetery, she lay in her tomb, [05:26.09]She was buried one night, on the wake of the moon. [05:31.35] [05:32.49]Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [05:38.44]Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [05:44.69]The folks still believe, in the Voodoo Queen, [05:51.17]From way down yonder in New Orleans. [05:57.49]Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [06:03.31]Oh Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [06:09.76] [06:10.48]Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen, [06:16.56]From way down yonder in New Orleans. [06:23.03]Marie, Marie Laveau, Oh Marie Laveau, [06:28.97]Marie Laveau, the Marie Laveau, [06:35.46]Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen.