Marie Laveau - Bobby Bare

[00:00.21]Marie Lavaux - Bobby Bare
[00:00.95]The most famous of the voodoo queens that ever existed
[00:03.92]Is Marie Laveau down in Louisiana
[00:06.98]There's a lot of weird ungodly tales about Marie
[00:10.09]She's supposed to have a lot of magic potions spells and curses
[00:15.51]Down in Louisiana where the black trees grow
[00:19.27]Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
[00:23.31]Got a black cat's tooth and a Mojo bone
[00:27.62]And anyone who wouldn't leave her alone
[00:31.36]She'd go (growl) another man done gone
[00:39.99]She lives in a swamp in a hollow log
[00:43.81]With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog
[00:47.86]She's got a bent bony body and stringy hair
[00:52.5]If she ever seen y'all messin' 'round there
[00:55.94]She'd go (growl) another man done gone
[01:04.8]And then one night when the moon was black
[01:08.8]Into the swamp come handsome Jack
[01:12.93]A no good man like you all know
[01:16.49](TALK) He was lookin' around for Marie Laveau
[01:20.74]He said Marie Laveau you lovely witch
[01:25.06]Gimme a little a little charm that'll make me rich
[01:29.05]Gimme a million dollars and I tell you what I'll do
[01:33.25]This very night I'm gonna marry you
[01:36.86]Then It'll be (growl) another man done gone
[01:45.05]So Marie done some magic and she shook a little sand
[01:49.69]Made a million dollars and she put it in his hand
[01:53.42]Then she giggled and she wiggled and she said Hey Hey
[01:57.85]I'm gettin' ready for my weddin' day
[02:01.41]But old handsome Jack he said goodbye Marie
[02:05.96]You're too damned ugly for a rich man like me
[02:09.89]Then Marie started mumblin' her fangs started gnashin'
[02:14.01]Her body started tremblin' and her eyes started flashin'
[02:17.81]And she went (growl) another man done gone
[02:25.95]So if you ever git down where the black trees grow
[02:30.13]And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
[02:34.43]If she ever asks you to make her your wife
[02:38.19]Man you better stay with her for the rest of your life
[02:41.94]Or it'll be (growl) another man done gone