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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
16-Mar-10 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)
Subject: RE: lyr/Origins: Pretty polly (Knife in the Window)

The song Pretty Polly is No. 1 in Randolph and Legman, Roll Me in Your Arms, Vol. 1 of their classic "Unprintable" Ozark Folksongs and Folklore; four verses with musical score.

The page numbers for Randolph and Legman, Vol. 1 pp. 33-39, are correct in the Traditional Ballad Index, but the heading is "Pretty Polly," not "Creeping and Crawling." The index in vol. 2 references all titles.
The text varies slightly from that already posted, but not in substance.