Johnny Cash — Dorraine of Ponchartrain

[Verse 1] As I walked by the lake one day, by chance my Dorraine passed my way Then she and I walked hand in hand on the banks of Pontchartrain I pinned a flower on her heart, I swore we'd never be apart She vowed her love forever and, as I kissed her, did the same [Chorus] Dorraine, my Dorraine My dark-haired little angel My belle of Pontchartrain [Verse 2] We sat down on the dock and with our hearts and fingers locked We laughed and talked and joked about when our names are the same And joking, I said, "Honey, are you marrying me for money?" And it took just one quick look to tell it hurt my dear Dorraine [Verse 3] She jumped and stood above me and she cried, "Why you don't love me! I'm rowing home across the lake you won't see me again" I called and called some more, but she rowed fast from the shore And the clouds brought by a wind began to rain on Pontchartrain [Chorus] Dorraine, I called Dorraine Come back, my little angel My belle of Pontchartrain [Verse 3] The storm should make her learn that she should make a swift return But as the rain fell harder, I lost sight of my Dorraine As panic gripped my heart, I drew the oars and made my start To look for her on raging water and the rain on Pontchartrain [Verse 4] At darkness, I still called, but no one heard my cries at all And when the daybreak came then others helped me look for my Dorraine But there was not a thing afloat except the oars from her rowboat For all was lost upon the choppy waves and rain on Pontchartrain [Verse 5] Now I come day after day to where my sweetheart rowed away And I gaze across the water of the rainy Pontchartrain Just one thing and nothing more ever floated back to shore It was this flower I hold, it is the one I pinned on my Dorraine [Chorus] Dorraine, my Dorraine My dark haired little angel My belle of Pontchartrain