[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:14.17]O it was one fine morning [00:21.10]I bid new orleans adieu [00:28.15]And took the road to jackson town [00:35.19]My fortune to renew [00:42.09]I cursed all foreign money [00:49.14]No credit could I gain [00:56.00]Which had my heart a longing [01:01.37]For the lakes of pontchartrain [01:13.51]I stowed aboard a railroad car [01:21.20]Beneath the morning sun [01:27.41]And I rode the rails 'til eventide [01:34.28]'Til I finally lay me down [01:41.49]No stranger would befriend me [01:48.34]'Til a dark girl toward me came [01:55.46]And I fell in love with a creole girl [02:02.46]On the lakes of pontchartrain [02:13.00]I said [02:14.42]My bonnie creole lass [02:19.86]My money 'tis no good [02:26.50]And if it weren't for the alligators [02:33.90]I'd sleep here in the wood [02:40.79]You're welcome here kind stranger [02:47.94]Our house is very plain [02:54.46]But we never turn a stranger out [03:01.54]On the lakes of pontchartrain [03:12.30]She took me into her mama's house [03:19.32]And she treated me right well [03:26.31]The hair upon her shoulders [03:33.42]In jet black ringlets fell [03:40.28]To try to paint her beauty [03:47.23]That would surely be in vain [03:53.82]So handsome was my creole lass [04:01.25]On the lakes of pontchartrain [04:18.74]I asked her if she'd marry me [04:26.05]She said that ne'er could be [04:32.71]For she had a lover [04:39.44]Who was far away at sea [04:46.70]She said that she would wait for him [04:53.45]And true she would remain [05:00.66]'Til he returned to his creole lass [05:07.68]On the lakes of pontchartrain [05:25.07]So fare thee well [05:28.70]My creole lass [05:32.27]I'll ne'er see you no more [05:39.14]And I'll ne'er forget your kindness [05:46.14]In the cottage by the shore [05:53.13]And at each social gathering [06:00.16]A flowing bowl I'll drain [06:07.16]I'll raise a glass to my creole lass [06:14.17]On the lakes of pontchartrain [06:21.01]I'll raise a glass to my bonnie lass [06:28.63]On the lakes of pontchartrain