The witch queen of New Orleans (1971)    (video)    (midi)

 

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Marie, Marie, la voodoo veau, she’ll put a spell on you,

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Marie, Marie, la voodoo veau, she’ll put a spell on you,

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Marie, Marie, la voodoo veau !

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She’s the witch queen, oh, of New Orleans,       of New Orleans.

 

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1. I’m gonna tell you a story, strange as it now seems,

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    of zombie, voodoo, gris gris, and the witch queen of New Orleans.

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    She lived in a world of magic, possessed by the devil’s skew,

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    from a shack near the swamplands, made of mud-brown brick,

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    Marie stirred the witches brew.                 +  CHORUS

 

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2. Dime or a nickel, anyone could buy voodoo of any kind,

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    she had potions and lotions, herbs and tanna leaves,

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    guaranteed to blow your mind.

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    Early one morning into mud, the swamp dew

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    vanished Marie with hate in her eyes,

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    though she never returned, all the cajuns knew,

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    a witch queen never dies.              +  CHORUS ....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Redbone)