marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’s the witch queen ah
of new orleans of new orleans
i’m gonna tell you a story
strange as it now seem
of zombie voodoo gris gris
and the witch queen of new orleans
she lived in a world of magic
possessed by the devil’s skew
from a shack near the swampland with a mudpie brick
marie stirred her witch’s brew
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’s the witch queen ah
of new orleans of new orleans
dime or a nickel any one could buy
voodoo of any kind
she had potions and lotions herbs and tanna leaves
guaranteed to blow your mind
early one mornin’ into mucky swamp dew
vanished marie with hate in her eye
though she’ll never return all the cajuns knew
a witch queen never die
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’ll put a spell on you
marie marie la voodoo veau
she’s the witch queen ah
of new orleans of new orleans
Artist: Redbone
Year: 1971
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 148