Christy Moore Lakes of Ponchratrain ireland rustic

[chuckles2223]

fantistic song christy!! its the nicest version iv heard sung of that song!! come on limerick!!!

[killyneary]

class song hi! christys some chanter!

[22drgonzo]

creole girl

[bonnie12650]

this song reminds me of the love I lost long ago, i was young and thought I knew everything........needless to say, I didn't know what I had until it was gone. seems that is a lesson we all learn at one time or another. I still think of him so many years later.

[gracearie1]

It's ringlets!!! not reign lets

[hot5pur11]

Who on earth could possibly dislike this beautiful song?

[kajunmoon]

The Lakes of Pontchartrain is an Irish ballad about an unfortunate immigrant from Ireland who is given shelter by a beautiful Louisiana Creole woman. He falls in love with her and asks her to marry him, but she is already promised to a sailor and declines the offer

[thecul1]

my mother was supposed to be at christys gig at the point when we went he played this and it breaks my heart to listen to this.every time.....

[colm144]

Why is there a pic of Damien Dempsey at 1.16

[grembo101]

great version but i remember hearin a version years ago which was even better, as far as i can remember it was paddy reilly but cant find it anywhere, any suggestions ppl if it was him that sang it? thanx

[blaaaaaair]

christy does every coer better than than de original, its true

[shane1683]

Thank you for uploading this i love Christy Moore's music and by far this is one of the nicest videos about.

[ourpat1]

xcept me!!.........jokin';

PatSavage

[TheDargleboy]

heard an interesting version by tangerine dream!

[ufocoffee]

So, so beautiful. A gorgeous sweet; sad rendition of a song that should never be forgotten. This is why the Irish are the true romantics. Forget Dublin anyone who wants to visit, seek real Ireland xxx

[TheIrishaido]

@ufocoffee well said!!!!

[ufocoffee]

So, so beautiful. A gorgeous sweet; sad rendition of a song that should never be forgotten. This is why the Irish are the true romantics. Forget Dublin anyone who wants to visit, seek real Ireland xxx

[TattieB]

Just been listening to 2 versions of Paul Brady's singing of this - very young and quite a bit older: both great, but this version by Christy is just fabulous! So gentle and sweet!

[CRAFTYMARCUZ]

@TattieB Really like christys versions of most songs he's some man for one man,was looking at your channel what is the burning of the wicker man at Girvan about,thanks

[Bainrod]

Two verses are missing from this version.

Christie sings the complete version with Planxty in the album "The Well Below The Valley"

Verse 2

I stepped on board a railroad car beneath the morning sun

And I rode the rods till ev'nin' then set me down again,

All stangers there, no friend to me till a dark girl t'ward me came

And I fell in love with my creole girl by the Lakes of Pontchartrain.

[petebinalabam]

would someone please up load the hot house flowers version of this? It truly is exceptional but hard to fine. it was on the Bringing it all back home cd

[burgers79]

What a song, been lisning to christy since i got back to the house after my ma gave birth to me in hospital (30 yrs), lol and this is easily one of his best. who wrote this song originaly anyone? is this one of his own?

[andrewshere]

Lyrics

The hair upon her shoulders, in jet-black ringlets fell...

Creole girl...

Thanks!

[aidolirish]

this has to be my favourite song by christy i appropriate you uploading this thank you....

[sugarplumfairiie]

Beautifully sad. I don't think anyone performs this song better than Christy Moore.

[aftermath842]

@sugarplumfairiie Thats not very fair on Paul Brady who turned this nice folk song into an amazingly epic tune. Better singer and guitar player and far more emotion. All the american musicians(including Bob Dylan) began to TRY to copy his version. Not bad for an Irish man trying an american folk song.

[ufocoffee]

@aftermath842

American folk song? No, the song is about an Irish immigrant in New orleans at the time of Civil war, where he fell in love with a girl who looked after him, united in their poverty. Creoles at the time were Latin Americans etc, they found solace in each other but she was promised to another.

[ygnir1]

@sugarplumfairiie Its good but nowhere near as good as Paul Bradys. That is the ultimate version of the song, then the Hothouse Flowers version

[CocaineCowboy2K8]

@sugarplumfairiie now you said it no one sings it better lots of memories to this song.. go on christy ha

[aftermath842]

@sugarplumfairiie Paul Brady! not an argument just a fact. he is Ireland's greatest ever musician. 

[thelordsservant1]

im actually along the gulf coast right now and i really like this song. the lyrics to but i have just one bit of advice. just saying dont take offense, its not croi old girl it Creole Girl. Creole are a race of people native to the new orleans and mississippi area Creole is Native American, Spanish and French.

[CRAFTYMARCUZ]

Thank you nice to know i like find out different things about christys music thank you

[thelordsservant1]

no problem :)

[djdaforce22]

@CRAFTYMARCUZ But you still haven't changed the lyrics to read 'Creole Girl' like it should be!

[aftermath842]

@thelordsservant1 100/cent right its european and latino settlers who were forced out of the cities because of there beliefs. This song is about a man stuck behind enemy lines during the american civil war who found help with the very people who they cast aside and he fell in love. Fantastic story just wish I knew who wrote it.

[darragh84]

@thelordsservant1

pretty sure spaniards and french are not native to new orleans... creole is the old school version of the n word.. it was a derogatory word-note arnotts had to change the name earlier this year of a pack of biscuits because of this

[thelordsservant1]

@darragh84 no creole is not that at all. In fact there are different kinds of "creole" it simply is a blend. like in Haiti the language spoken then Haitian Creole isnt all french it is French Spanish and Arabic and maybe one other not quite sure. Even so the same is true about New Orleans. I had a women explain to me how her family is creole and what all is comprised in it. It all goes back to the war of 1812 thats when we were in it heavy with europe and thats how u get the frnch n spnsh.

[darragh84]

@thelordsservant1

oh.. good explanation.. i live in australia and here people dont really know that.. its still thought of as a derogatory word.. like i said a pack of biscuits had to be changed because they were chocolate and called creoles.

obviously in the song its meaning is far from racist or anything like that..now i understand why. lol thanks

[ballinalad]

Magic!

[cookielucks09]

christy moore is regarded as 1 of our best folk singers. this song represents the irish in america when we were rejected. we are talking about the 1800's. this song is sung by people in ireland who have relations who had no other choice but to emigrate to america. its an irsh folk song and long live it!

[b0dhran]

Hey Thanks for posting - I never heard him sing before !

This is great with the lyrics and everything !

[paulshox]

i love this tune!fukn brilliant!!