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01 May 08 - 06:45 AM (#2330426) Subject: Lyr Req:Norman Blake -Banks of lake ponchartrain From: AnneMC Has anyone got the lyrics of the Norman Blake song On the Banks of Lake Ponchartrain ? (I don't want the Nanci Griffith song of similar title, the Norman Blake song is very different.) Thanks, Anne |
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01 May 08 - 09:44 AM (#2330548) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake ponchartrain From: Nerd I don't have the lyrics, but I believe the song was written by Pattie Bryan, if that helps anyone else to find it.... |
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01 May 08 - 10:02 AM (#2330562) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake ponchartrain From: Peace I think maybe the title is misspelled. "on the banks of lake ponchartrain" ponTchartrain I inserted a 'T'. Will help searches, although it's spelled incorrectly in the DT a couple of times. |
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01 May 08 - 10:03 AM (#2330563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake ponchartrain From: GUEST,erinmaidin I'm goin' back where my garden blooms all year Where the wintertime speaks softly in the fallin' rain I'm goin' back to my green eyed lover there and we will dance along the banks of old Lake Pontchartrain Oh, I've grown pale beneath the streets of Montreal Where the voices ring like bells in French-Canadian And the rivers stand imprisoned till the thaws I am alone at night and dream of my own Pontchartrain Chorus: Take me to the station... I am late to catch my southbound train Oh, I'm gonna call my cousin Libby she will be waiting by the tracks when I roll in I'm gonna roll across America just to stand beside my Pontchartrain again These old rails shake like thunder through the night Soon I'll have my green eyed lover's arms to comfort me Oh, I can see my cousin Libby by his side her hair will flow in waves like on Lake Pontchartrain (Repeat chorus) I'm goin' back where my garden blooms all year Where the wintertime speaks softly in the fallin' rain I'm goin' back to my green eyed lover there and we will dance along the banks of old Lake Pontchartrain yes, we will dance along the banks of old Lake Pontchartrain we will dance along the banks of old Lake Pontchartrain and here comes the train |
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01 May 08 - 10:03 AM (#2330565) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake ponchartrain From: GUEST,erinmaidin just happened to be one that I do :) |
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01 May 08 - 11:12 AM (#2330633) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake pontchartrain From: GUEST,Nerd But that's the one she said she DIDN'T want.... |
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01 May 08 - 11:20 AM (#2330644) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake pontchartrain From: Amos P'raps you mean the one that starts out: "I wandered from Texas through old Louisian' Over mountains and deserts and plains, Until footsore and weary, I rested a while By the banks of the old Pontchartrain...." I have those lyrics somewhere at home, and will be happy to post them if (1) it is the one you want and (2) you have checked the DT and Forum. There are a number of past threads on the several songs on this theme, which may already have what you want. Do a FOrum search on "Pontchartrain". It's probably already in a thread. A |
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01 May 08 - 12:02 PM (#2330679) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake pontchartrain From: Stewart Here it is. It's also on my web site here THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN From the Wolf Folklore Collection: http://www.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/appleon1262.html I traveled from Texas to low Louisian', Through valleys, o'er mountains and plain. Both footsore and weary, I rested a while On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. The fairest young maiden that I ever saw Passed by as it started to rain. We both found a shelter beneath the same tree On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. I ventured a smile, but she thought I was bold. I hastened to try and explain, But somehow I knew I would linger a while On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. We hid from the shower an hour or so. She asked me how long I'd remain. I told her I'd spend the rest of my life On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. As time drifted by, we fell deeper in love, A love that could just bring her pain. I knew that one day I would leave her alone On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. I just couldn't tell her that I ran away From jail on an old Texas plain. I prayed in my heart I would never be found On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. Then one day a man put his hand on my arm And said I must go west again. I left her alone without saying goodbye, On the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. Tonight as I sit here alone in my cell, I know that she's waiting in vain. I'm hoping and praying someday to return To the banks of the Old Pontchartrain. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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01 May 08 - 01:09 PM (#2330741) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake pontchartrain From: Nerd That's not the one Anne asked for either, I think--but these are all great songs. That last is the Hank Williams classic, and erinmaidin's was the Nancy Griffith song. The one Norman and Nancy Blake did (unless they did more than one) is a post-Katrina song. |
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02 May 08 - 11:54 PM (#2331769) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: on the banks of lake pontchartrain From: AnneMC Thanks, Nerd. You're right, it is the post Katrina song I want, as recorded by Norman and Nancy Blake. I already have the more traditional versions of the song by the same name. Anne |
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05 May 08 - 10:03 PM (#2333757) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: On the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain From: Jim Dixon Here's a start. It will give those who are not familiar with the song an idea of what we are looking for. I transcribed this from several sound samples: ON THE BANKS OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN (excerpt) Pattie Bryan, Blake & Blake Music, BMI There was a jewel of a city on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain Till water rushed down upon her from a terrible hurricane. By the name of a beautiful lady, on the wings of a demon it came, Flooding that jewel of a city on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain. Mothers with babies were crying from hunger and thirst—what a shame!— Trapped by a break in the … [As performed by Norman Blake, Nancy Blake, and Tut Taylor on "Shacktown Road," Plectraphone Records, 2007.] |
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15 May 08 - 03:33 PM (#2341543) Subject: Lyr Add: ON THE BANKS OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN From: AnneMC Thank you, Jim ! Have a copy of the tune now, thanks to the iTunes store, and have completed the lyrics you started. ON THE BANKS OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN Pattie Bryan, Blake & Blake Music, BMI There was a jewel of a city on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain Till water rushed down upon her from a terrible hurricane. By the name of a beautiful lady, on the winds of a demon it came, Flooding that jewel of a city on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain. Mothers with babies were crying from hunger and thirst—what a shame!— Trapped by a break in the levees on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain Oh, beloved New Orleans, on a swamp without a natural drain Between the great Mississippi and the banks of Lake Pontchartrain All who could fled the city, the old and the poor remained Climbing to attics and rooftops from the flood of Lake Pontchartrain All the people are homeless, hundreds of lives they were claimed Drowned by a break in the levees on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain |
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15 May 08 - 05:36 PM (#2341679) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: On the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain From: GUEST,erinmaidin <---blushing |