MARIE LEVEAU
(Shel Silverstein / Baxter Taylor)

Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show - 1971
Bobby Bare - 1973



The most famous of all the Voodoo Queens that ever existed is Marie Leveau down
in Louisiana. A lot of weird ungodly tales about Marie. She s'posed to have a
lot of magic potions and spells and curses.......

Down in Louisiana where the black trees grow lives a voodoo lady named Marie
Leveau
She got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone and anyone who wouldn't leave her
alone
She go (Eeeeeeeeeaaagh), another man done gone

She lives in a swamp in a hollow log with a one eyed snake and a three-legged
dog
She got a bent bony body and stringy hair
And if she ever seen y'all messin' round there
She go (Eeeeeeeeeaaagh), 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
When he was lookin' around for Marie Leveau

He said, "Marie Leveau, you lovely witch
A-gimme little charm that'll make me rich
Gimme million dollars and I tell you what I'll do
This very night I'm gonna marry you"
And it'll be mmmm-mmmm, 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 gettin' ready for my weddin' day

But ol' Handsome Jack he said, "Goodbye Marie,
You're too damn ugly for a rich man like me"
Then Marie started numblin' her fangs started gnashin'
Her body started tremblin' and her eyes started flashin'
And she went (Eeeeeeeeeaaagh), another man done gone

So if you ever get down where the black trees grow
And meet a voodoo lady named Marie Leveau
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 (Eeeeeeeeeaaagh) ooo-eee, another man done gone

Ah! Marie
(Another man done gone)
You pretty wife to be
(Another man done gone)



(Transcribed from the Bobby Bare
recording by Mel Priddle - Jan 2011)