Pretty Polly





by Ralph Stanely & Patty Loveless



~Pretty Polly~


Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind if
you'd a sit beside me and tell me your mind


Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart


Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me
Before we get married some pleasures will see


Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over mountains and valleys so deep
Polly mistrusted and then began to weep


Sayin' Oh Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your
ways
Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray


Well Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night


well he led her a little farther and what did she
find
he led her a little farther and what did she
find, a new dug grave with a bed by and by


Then she knelt down before him a pleading for her
life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife


Now Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past recitation's been trouble to me


Then he opened up her bosom as white as any snow
he opened up her bosom as white as any snow
He stabbed her through the heart and the blood did
over flow.


Then he went down to the jailhouse and what did he
say.
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say.
I killed Pretty Polly and tryin to get away.


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