Luyện nghe bài hát Pontchartrain

O it was one morning
I bid New adieu
And took the to Jackson Town
My fortune to

I cursed all money
No credit could I
Which had my heart
For the of Pontchartrain

I stowed a railroad car
Beneath the sun
And I rode the 'til eventide
'Til I lay me down

No would befriend me
'Til a girl toward me came
And I fell in with a Creole girl
On the of Pontchartrain

I said, my Creole lass
My money 'tis no
And if it for the alligators
I'd sleep here in the

You're welcome here stranger
Our house is plain
But we turn a stranger out
On the Lakes of

She took me her mama's house
And she treated me right
The hair upon her
In jet black fell

To try to her beauty
would surely be in vain
So handsome was my Creole
On the lakes of

I asked her if marry me
She that ne'er could be
For she had a
Who was far at sea

She said that she would for him
And true she remain
'Til he returned to his Creole
On the of Pontchartrain

So fare thee well, my lass
I'll ne'er see you no
And I'll forget your kindness
In the cottage by the

And at each gathering
A flowing bowl drain
raise a glass to my Creole lass
On the lakes of
I'll raise a to my bonnie lass
On the lakes of