I love this..being from South Louisiana ...I can relate:) Beautiful;) Now I have to hear more:) Being a true cajun..I'm Cherokee Choctaw Irish and French:)

I was visiting family in Ireland about a week ago and heard this on the radio. I've always loved Irish folk music and I thought that this sounded beautiful. I forgot to take note of the song and have just spent about an hour searching for it. Now i'm probably going to listen to it for the rest of the night!

Thanks guys for adding this to Spotify, this is hands down the best version of this beautiful song

Love love love his voice it's so peacfull

Économie de moyen, qualité de résultat. Grand Bravo🎉.

Brilliant version.

wonderful version of this beautiful song

I'm really looking forward to hearing these lads in 10-15 years. They are good now but strike me as a band that will be utterly, utterly brilliant with a little bit of age to them.

This would easily reach number one if they released it.

Best cover version 👌 😍 ❤ 💕

Beautiful

This is fantastic, heard it this morning. Really great cover! And such a wonderful song!

unreal song,the coronas wont release a single of this song because they do not want to have financial gain of a song so good that is not their own,..top respect,.any other group would be milking it for all its worth

probally the best cover of this song out there

Best Superbowl ad, and best song ever about a lake!

Fabulous voice brilliant song

antastic, love this version. Honest vocals.

I luv this song soooo much ommg I can't even so much

Might be my new favourite version of this.

Absolutely class ... im not saying its any better or worse than paul brady's version as both acts bring their own unique style to the song .... it drives me mad that these lads get no recognition outside of ireland !!!

Such a good version!! Was trying to find it everhwere, thank god they uploaded it on there site!!!

just shows how talented the irish are

i loved the coronas before but this is just wonderful!

best version ever his voice is amazing

I love it so much ❤️ just makes me smile ❤️

i just love this song

dis is d 1st time ive ever heard dis song and ive been listenin 2 d coronas for years!! :L TUNE!!

Tá The Coronas thar cionn! Tá brodúil orm leis an Coronas, tá siad banna ceoil go hand mhaith agus cheap me go bhfuil gach duine in Éireann brodúil freisin. Maith thú Coronas, maith thú. :)

Love it,great version.

Yea....this has a hauntingly beautiful rawness about it that tugs at the heart strings. It's really the 'mist that does be on the bogs in the morn' like' but it is very very good of it's genre.

It was on one fine March morning when I bid New Orleans adieu And I was on the road to Jackson town, my fortunes to renew I cursed all foreign money, no credit could I gain Which filled my heart with longin' for the Lakes of Pontchartain I sat on board a railway car beneath the morning sun And I rode the rails 'til evening when I laid me down again All strangers there, no friends to me 'til a dark girl towards me came And I fell in love with a Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain I said, "My pretty Creole girl, my money here's no good If it weren't for the alligators I would sleep out in the woods." "You're welcome here kind stranger. Our house is very plain But we never turn a stranger out on the Lakes of Pontchartrain." She took me out to her mama's house and treated me right well The hair upon her shoulders in jet black ringlets fell To try to paint her beauty I'm sure would be in vain So handsome was my Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain I asked her would she marry me. And she said it never would be For she had got another and he was off at sea She said that she would wait for him and faithful she'd remain Waiting for her sailor on the Lakes of Pontchartrain So fair thee well my bonny old girl. I may never see you no more I won't forget your kindness in that cottage by the shore And at every social gathering a golden glass I'll drain And I'll drink all health to the Creole girl on the Lakes of Pontchartrain

this is the best cover i ever heard

Search lakes of pontchartrain tutorial and go to the one by PGRating. They play it the same way as in the tutorial but with a capo on the 3rd fret on this version and one on the fourth when the play it live :)

there just incredible

Best version of this song imo..love it.

this for me is their best.

great version of this song! some voice!

I luv dis song guys

every time I listen to this version after years and years it gets me, I just love it.. no disrespect to the planxty version atall atall

That's just Brilliant.

paul bradys as gaeilge version is so good. but my favourite is this. Love christys version too

Sean de burca. freedom for artists to cover songs at will particularly the coronas rock on guys and chill Sean .

savage stuff !!! great tune :)

No disrespect to Paul Brady who we love but this version of the lakes of pontchartrain by the coronas is tops.

No offense to those who love Christy or Paul's version of this ( I love them too) but this fella sounds like he might have been the one who was there. His voice has a quality that recalls some of the American singers gets collected by the likes of Alan Lomax.

The body of water at lake Pontchartrain is even in elevation from one land mass to the other. If there was a deviation in elevation from any given starting point upon the surface, the body of water will flow. The claim that you live on a globular earth neccessitates that every body of water you have ever experienced is declining in elevation in ALL directions from you WITHOUT FLOWING. DISCLAIMER: No claims are made here in regards to certain knowledge of earth's full dimensions.

lovin it

lagu kesukaanku. salam dari pulau bali

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

They recorded this in 2010, but Paul Brady has recodings from 1978. Paul brady's is the better version in my opinion. With Andy Irvine. Check it out!

have heard many versions of this song but this is one of the best by far dylan's version bob that is doesn't hold a candle to it.

some voice,some country

@ShannonProductionsx I checked that out before but it's only there old stuff that they have up. Thamks anyway :)

the coronas the scrip and bell x1,what a concert that would be

The best version ever is by Christy Moore...

Well I can only say if you think that's you good should hear them do it live, believe me I taught it was worth the entrance fee

great band realy great

@roddyrodrodrod agreed but this song is epic they do it justice in fairness

cool song guys

nice job

this is a lovely version of this song better than the original.

We all love going to our Mammy's house for a cupan tae !

class

I worded the comment quite poorly in hind sight. I just feel that they as a band have so much more potential than what they show. Almost as if in an effort to hit "mainstream" popularity they have remained in the one gear and haven't released full potential. (An accusation made of KOL before "come around sundown" was released. Personally this song is a favorite and Moore's and Brady's versions would be the main versions. But as I always say, different strokes!

Christy Moore's version is top class!

@RoGub1991 If you go to their website,and go to lyrics,i think theres chords there! :D

@MikeRockfield It's an estuary, so.....

Sunshine on leith

it is too a true lake!! goooooogle it!!!

@broderz1 you can download it, i think you can get a copy emailed to you from the bands website... well thats how i got it anyway through the free song on the mailing list. i have in the past emailed them for some recordings and they have sent them to me. just email the bands manager from the contact page on their website, his pretty helpful. or just send me a message with your email ill send it on to you... if i can :D

if it wasn't for all the alligators I'd sleep out in the woods.

Corona 😨

@mos323 not a patch on paul brady

To try and paint her beauty i would be in vain

Wrong,unless Paul is pretty old,it was written well over one hundred years ago.

...this is good...but, I'm a fan of Liam O' Maonlai's version...his piano skills are pure talent..

epic

But PBs version is superlative

Níos fear liom as Gaeilge !!! :p ^^

Anyone have a link to this on Spotify?

@thebomber1983 any luck finding those chord horse

Where is it? I'm on their site now and can't find it :S

gotta listen to paul brady who wrote this one.

Savage Cabbage

who on earth gave these lads a record deal

@ozzieb121 I have it on mp3

Bagún agus Gabáiste

i'd sleep with alligators

Sounds like they just rewrote Cavan girl

shocking you cant download that song........i dont think anyone owns the rights

is maith liom caca milis

Rinne mé scrúda na hÁrdteistiméireachta cúpla mí o shin :( ...Ní bheidh an seans agam, gaeilge a leabhairt arís :(

@seandeburca1986 what the fucking hell. noone said ya had to listen to this epic version of the song.no need to dis it. chill out dude

Does anyone know the chords?

Do i really have to?

coronas :-D

Still prefer Paul Brady's.

Chuaigh mé go dtí an siopa agus cheannaigh mé ispíní

If you'd cut him he'd just bleed green, he was army thru and thru

why cant this song be downloaded?. Where can i get it?.