Текст песни: Manchac + перевод

Way back up in the woods along the Bogue Chitto

Where the Amite River meets the Ponchartrain

People tell a story about a creole maid

Who fell in love with an Indian brave

Manchac

Late one night when the moon was down

As quiet as the shadow of a bob cat’s claw

He stole her from the quarters and he hid her in the cane

And they made love until the morning and then they ran away

For many long days they had to keep a-running

Through the muddy swamp bottom and the briar wood

The hound and the posse and the master just behind 'em

And If anybody could catch them it was him that could

Manchac

Tell me do you still hear the hounds a-coming

Tell me will you stay with me 'til the end

Don’t be worried for when we cross the river

We will never come back this way again

Way back up in the woods along the Notalbany River

Near the ferry boat crossing called the Frenchman’s Bend

Early one morning there was blood upon the water

When the master caught his daughter and he killed his friend

Way back up in the woods along the Bogue Chitto

Where the Amite River meets the Ponchartrain

The spirit of a woman keeps a-moving on the water

And she keeps on calling out an Indian name

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