Marie Laveau Lyrics - Bobby Bare

The most famous of the voodoo queens that ever existed 

Is Marie Laveau, down in Louisiana 

There's a lot of weird ungodly tales about Marie, 

She's supposed to have a lot of magic potions, spells and curses.... 

Down in Louisiana, where the black trees grow 

Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau 

Got a black cat's tooth and a Mojo bone 

And anyone who wouldn't leave her alone 

She'd go another man done gone 

She lives in a swamp in a hollow log 

With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog 

She's got a bent, bony body and stringy hair 

If she ever seen why'all messing round there 

She'd go another man done gone 

And then one night when the moon was black 

Into the swamp come handsome Jack 

A no good man like you all know 

He was looking around for Marie Laveau 

He said Marie Laveau, you handsome witch 

Give me a little a little charm that'll make me rich 

Give me a million dollars and I tell you what I'll do 

This very night, I'm gonna marry you 

Then It'll be another man done gone 

So Marie done some magic, and she shook a little sand 

Made a million dollars and she put it in his hand 

Then she giggled and she wiggled, and she said Hey, Hey 

I'm getting ready for my wedding day 

But old handsome Jack he said goodbye Marie 

You're too damned ugly for a rich man like me 

Then Marie started mumbling her fangs started gnashing 

Her body started trembling and her eyes started flashing 

And she went another man done gone. 

So if you ever get down where the black trees grow 

And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau 

If she ever asks you to make her your wife 

Man, you better stay with her for the rest of your life 

Or it'll be another man done gone