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    Bevahlee
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        mixed media (song lyrics and a painting to depict it?

        The most famous of the voodoo queens that ever existed
        Is Marie Laveau, down in Louisiana
        There’s a lot of weird ungodly tales about Marie,
        She’s supposed to have a lot of magic potions, spells and curses….
        Down in Louisiana, where the black trees grow
        Lives a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau
        Got a black cat’s tooth and a Mojo bone
        And anyone who wouldn’t leave her alone
        She’d go another man done gone
        She lives in a swamp in a hollow log
        With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog
        She’s got a bent, bony body and stringy hair
        If she ever seen why’all messing round there
        She’d go 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
        He was looking around for Marie Laveau
        He said…

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        ladypainter
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            Lovely work.:)


            Elinor:wave:
            "keep your own time tickin"

            #816396

            Love any and all Louisiana songs, folklore, and paintings depicting their fabulous culture; what a rich neighbor to have for us here. Love this piece, Bev!

            Kay

            Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary

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