I'm posting it, because the page with this song has already disappeared from a number of online bluegrass songbooks.

~S~

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PRETTY POLLY
(Traditional)

Oh, Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
You to 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
First time I saw you, you wounded my heart

Well Polly, pretty Polly, come and go along with me
Polly, pretty Polly come 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

Say Willie, little Willie
I'm afraid of your ways
Willie, little Willie
I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling
And leadin' me astray

Now 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 little farther
And what did she spy
He led her little farther
And what did she spy
New dug grave with a spade lyin' by

Then she knelt down before him
A pleadin' for her life
She knelt down before him
A pleadin' 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 reputation's
Been troublin' to me

Well he opened up her bosom
As white as any snow
He opened up her bosom
As white as any snow
He stabbed through the heart
And the blood did overflow

Then he went down to the jailhouse
And what did he say
He went to the jailhouse
And what did he say
Killed pretty Polly
And tryin' to get away.

SH