Willie came over the main wide ocean
And Willie came over the sea,
And Willie came to my father’s household,
Came a courting with me, me, me,
Came a courting with me.

He followed me up, he followed me down,
He followed me far and near;
I had no time to tell him to go,
No time to tell him to stay, etc.

“Go get half of your father’s estate (gold?)
And part of your mother’s fee,
And two of your father’s best horses,
And married we will be.”

She got half of her father’s estate
And part of her mother’s fee
And marched right up to the barn door,
Took choice of thirty and three.

She mounted on a snow-white beast
And Willie the dapple grey,
And they rode till they came to the salt-water sea
At the length of a long summer day.

“Go light you down, my pretty Polly,
Go light you down,” said he
For six kind daughters I’ve drownded here, (king’s)
And the seventh you will be.

Go pull off that silken dress,” he said,
“That is made of silk so fine,
For it is too fine and costly a thing
To lie and rot in the sea.”

“Go turn your face around,” I said,
“And turn your back on me.
Think what shame and scandal would be
A naked woman to see.”

He turned himself all round and about
And turned his back on me.
I grabbed him around the long, slim waist
And tossed him into the sea.

“Reach down, reach down your hands for me,
Reach down your hands,” cried he.
“For six kind daughters I’ve drownded here,
But the seventh you won’t be.”

“Lie there, lie there, you cruel-hearted fellow,
Lie there in place of me,
For six kind daughters you’ve drownded here
And the seventh I won’t be.”

She mounted on the snow-white beast
And leading the dapple grey,
She came back to her father’s house
Two long hours before it was day.

“Where have you been, my pretty Polly,
Where have you been?” said he.
“I’ve been with the richest man in the state
And drownded him in the sea.”

I quite like this version, no silly parrot and tells the story succinctly.