{"id":185,"date":"2005-06-01T07:09:24","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T12:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/?p=185"},"modified":"2005-06-01T07:10:06","modified_gmt":"2005-06-01T12:10:06","slug":"that-voodoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/2005\/06\/01\/that-voodoo\/","title":{"rendered":"That voodoo."},"content":{"rendered":"

Down in Lou\u00c2\u00b4siana where the black trees grow
\nLive a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau.
\nShe got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone,
\nAnd anyone wouldn\u00c2\u00b4t leave her alone.
\nShe go GREEEEEEEEEEEE…<\/em>
\nAnother man done gone.<\/p>\n

She live in a swamp in a hollow log
\nWith a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog.
\nShe got a bent bony body and stringy hair,
\nAnd if she ever seen you messin\u00c2\u00b4 round there,
\nShe go GREEEEEEEEEEEE…<\/em>
\nAnother man done gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Shel Silverstein<\/a> sure knew how to write ’em. Those are the beginning lyrics to the Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor penned hit for Bobby Bare, “Marie Laveau<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Growing up in the New Orleans area, we kids were made well aware<\/em> of Marie Laveau. As soon as we were able, we made pilgrimages to the gravesite to gawk at living proof she actually existed<\/a>. (As if any kid would ever doubt the veracity of his parents…) Notice the “x” marks on the tomb; they are put there for good luck. (Things are a-changing<\/a>, though, and not everyone is happy about that<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Since I know one of the three of you regular readers is deeply interested in bizarre magick, I thought I’d mention New Orleans’ Times Picayune<\/a> newspaper ran a story on Marie<\/a> written by TP staff writer Lynne Jensen.<\/p>\n

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Down in Lou\u00c2\u00b4siana where the black trees grow Live a voodoo lady named Marie Laveau. She got a black cat tooth and a mojo bone, And anyone wouldn\u00c2\u00b4t leave her alone. She go GREEEEEEEEEEEE… Another man done gone. She live in a swamp in a hollow log With a one-eyed snake and a three-legged dog. […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}