Lakes of Pontchartrain (Creole Girl)-Bob Dylan

[00:46.61]It was on one fine March morning [00:50.75]I bid New Orleans adieu [00:54.73]And I was on the road to Jackson town [00:59.44]My fortune to renew [01:03.99]I cursed all foreign money [01:08.30]No credit could I gain [01:12.86]Which filled my heart with longing for [01:17.10]The lakes of Pontchartrain [01:23.90]I sat on board a railway car [01:28.23]Beneath the morning sun [01:32.70]And I road the roads till evening [01:37.03]And I laid me down again [01:41.39]All strangers there no friends to me [01:45.72]Till a dark girl towards me came [01:50.08]And I fell in love with a Creole girl [01:54.67]By the lakes of Pontchartrain [01:59.49]I said My pretty Creole girl [02:03.51]My money here's no good [02:07.99]But if it weren't for the alligators [02:12.24]I would sleep out in the woods [02:16.65]You're welcome here kind stranger [02:20.96]Our house is very plain [02:25.33]But we never turn a stranger out [02:29.72]From the lakes of Pontchartrain [02:43.44]She took me into her momma's house [02:47.48]And treated me right well [02:52.15]The hair upon her shoulder [02:56.48]In jet black ringlets fell [03:01.00]To try and paint her beauty [03:05.44]I'm sure it would be in vain [03:09.87]So handsome was my Creole girl [03:59.08][03:14.32]By the lakes of Pontchartrain [03:27.56]I asked her would she'd marry me [03:32.26]She said it could never be [03:36.59]For she had got another [03:41.21]And he was of at sea [03:45.72]She said that she would wait for him [03:50.23]And faithful she would remain [03:54.86]Waiting for her sailor [04:45.96]So fare you well my Bonny ol girl [04:50.57]I never will see you no more [04:55.24]I wont forget your kindness [04:59.67]In the cottage by the shore [05:04.48]At every social gathering [05:08.80]A flowing glass I'll raise [05:13.28]And I'll drink a health to my Creole girl [05:17.56]And the lakes of Pontchartrain