PRETTY POLLY (Trad) Oh Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind For you to set 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, you wounded my heart Break Well Polly pretty Polly, come and go along with me Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me Before we get married some pleasure we'll see Well 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' Willie, little Willie, I'm afraid to of your ways Willie, little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways The way you've been rambling and leading me astray Break Then he led her a little farther and what did she spy He led her a little farther and what did she spy A new dug grave with a spade lying by Oh 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 Break 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 Oh Polly, pretty Polly that never can be Polly, pretty Polly that never can be Your past reputation's been trouble to me Break Then he opened up her bosom, as white as any snow He opened up her bosom, as white as any snow And stabbed to the heart and the blood it overflowed Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say He went to the jailhouse and what did he say I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away