On The Banks Of The Ponchatrain (2019 - Remaster)

[00:00.13] Barry had you remember, On The Banks Of The Old Ponchatrain?
[00:03.44] Huh? I think it, you sure?
[00:04.84] Well, let's throw down by New Orleans and go swimmin' in the lake
[00:07.71] Let's go
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[00:13.86] I traveled from Texas to old Louisanne
[00:20.28] Through valleys, o'er mountains and plains
[00:26.26] Both footsore and weary, I rested a while
[00:32.69] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[00:39.37] The fairest young maiden that I ever saw
[00:45.65] Passed by as it started to rain
[00:51.78] We both found a shelter beneath the same tree
[00:58.14] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[01:04.52] I ventured a smile but she thought I was bold
[01:10.92] I hastened to try and explain
[01:17.29] But somehow I knew I would linger a while
[01:23.77] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[01:30.54] We hid from the shower an hour or so
[01:36.56] She asked me how long I'd remain
[01:42.95] I told her that I'd spend the rest of my days
[01:49.14] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[01:55.70] As time drifted by we fell deeper in love
[02:02.46] A love that could just bring her pain
[02:08.11] For I knew that one day I would leave her alone
[02:14.17] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
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[02:21.43] I just couldn't tell her that I ran away
[02:27.68] From jail on a West Texas plain
[02:34.12] But I prayed in my heart I would never be found
[02:40.54] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[02:47.22] Then one day a man put his hand on my arm
[02:53.61] And said I must go west again
[02:59.86] And I left her alone without saying goodbye
[03:06.16] On the banks of the old Ponchatrain
[03:12.95] Tonight as I sit here alone in my cell
[03:19.31] I know that she's waiting in vain
[03:25.57] And I'm hoping and praying someday to return
[03:32.02] To the banks of the old Ponchatrain
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[03:41.59] One of the first things I ever wrote and recorded uncle Louis
[03:44.33] By you Ponchatrain, by the old Ponchatrain
[03:47.22] That's where they catch big shoe pig and big craw fish
[03:50.67] New Orleans? Yeah, man
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