Artist: | Hank Williams (English) |
User: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain
Co-written and recorded by Hank Williams
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I travelled from Texas to old Louisanne
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Through valleys over mountains and plains
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Both footsore and weary I rested awhile
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain
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The fairest young maiden that I ever saw
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Passed by as it started to rain
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We both found a shelter beneath the same tree
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain
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We hid from the shower an hour or so
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She asked me how long I'd remain
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I told her that I'd spend the rest of my days
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain
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I just couldn't tell her that I ran away
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From a jail on the West Texas plain
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I prayed in my heart I would never be found
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain
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Then one day a man put his hand on my arm
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And said I must go west the same day
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I left her alone without saying goodbye
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain
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Tonight as I sit here alone in my cell
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I know that she's waiting in vain
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I'm hoping and praying someday to return
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On the banks of the old Pontchartrain