[ti:Marie Laveau]
[ar:Bobby Bare]
[al:Vintage: Bobby Bare]
[by:]
[00:00.00]Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare
[00:09.11]Down in Louisiana where the black trees grow
[00:12.75]Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
[00:17.04]Got a black cat's tooth and a Mojo bone
[00:21.59]And anyone who wouldn't leave her alone
[00:25.19]She'd go another man done gone
[00:34.32]She lives in a swamp in a hollow log
[00:38.30]With a one eyed snake and a three legged dog
[00:42.97]She's got a bent bony body and stringy hair
[00:46.90]If she ever seen why'all messing round there
[00:50.49]She'd go another man done gone
[00:59.73]And then one night when the moon was black
[01:04.03]Into the swamp come handsome Jack
[01:08.06]A no good man like you all know
[01:12.48]He was looking around for Marie Laveau
[01:16.00]He said Marie Laveau you handsome witch
[01:20.95]Give me a little charm that'll make me rich
[01:25.13]Give me a million dollars and I tell you what I'll do
[01:29.59]This very night I'm gonna marry you
[01:32.65]Then It'll be another man done gone
[01:41.29]So Marie done some magic
[01:43.77]And she shook a little sand
[01:45.96]Made a million dollars and
[01:47.66]She put it in his hand
[01:50.00]Then she giggled and she wiggled
[01:51.78]And she said Hey Hey
[01:54.71]I'm getting ready for my wedding day
[01:57.77]But old handsome Jack he said goodbye Marie
[02:03.05]You're too damned ugly for a rich man like me
[02:06.73]Then Marie started mumbling
[02:08.76]Her fangs started gnashing
[02:10.95]Her body started trembling and
[02:12.90]Her eyes started flashing
[02:14.50]And she went another man done gone
[02:22.94]So if you ever get down where
[02:25.55]The black trees grow
[02:27.28]And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
[02:31.65]If she ever asks you to make her your wife
[02:35.52]Man you better stay with her
[02:37.55]For the rest of your life
[02:39.39]Or it'll be another man done gone