The Witch Queen of New Orleans

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 - ahhh

Of New Orleans

Of New Orleans

I'm gonna tell you a story

Strange as it now seems

Of zombie, voodoo, gris-gris1

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 swamplands

Made of mud-brown brick

Marie stirred the witches' 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, ahhh

Of New Orleans

Of New Orleans

Dime or a nickel, anyone could buy

Voodoo of any kind

She had potions and lotions, herbs

and tanna leaves

Guaranteed to blow your mind

Early one morning into mud, the swamp dew

Vanished Marie with hate in her eyes

Though she never returned

All the Cajuns knew

A Witch Queen never dies.

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, ahhh

Of New Orleans

Of New Orleans

1. Originally African or Caribbean charm or amulet. In New Orleans they use gris-gris bags in voodoo