“The Lake of Ponchartrain”

Description

A young man (Union soldier?), lost in the south, is taken in by a Creole girl. He asks her to marry; she cannot, for she is promised to another who is far away (at sea?). He promises to remember her always

Recordings

• Sarah Ann Bartley, "Lakes of Ponchartraine" (on Saskatch01)
• Walter Coon, "Creole Girls" (Superior 2521, 1930)
• Frances Perry, "On the Lakes of Ponchartrain" (AFS, 1946; on LC55)
• Pie Plant Pete [pseud. for Claude Moye], "The Lake of Ponchartrain" (Supertone 9717, 1930) (Perfect 5-10-14/Melotone 5-10-14, 1935; rec. 1934)
• Art Thieme, "The Lake of Ponchartrain" (on Thieme05)

References

1. Laws H9, "The Lake of Ponchartrain"
2. Randolph 882, "The Ponsaw Train" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Larkin, pp. 46-48, "On the Lake of the Poncho Plains" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. LPound-ABS, 55, pp. 127-128, "The Creole Girl" (1 text)
5. Gardner/Chickering 45, "The Lake of Ponchartrain" (1 text plus mention of 1 more)
6. Creighton-NovaScotia 137, "On the Lakes of Ponchartrain" (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Manny/Wilson 78, "The Lakes of Ponchartrain" (1 text, 1 tune)
8. SHenry H619, pp. 373-374, "The Lakes of Ponchartrain" (1 text, 1 tune)
9. DT 649, PONTCHAR PONCHAR2 PONCHAR3 PONCHAR4
10. Roud #1836
11. BI, LH09