Pretty Polly Songtext
von Michael Daves

Oh Polly, pretty Polly, won′t you take me unkind?
Oh, pretty Polly, won't you take me unkind?
Sit down beside me, let me tell you my mind
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 pulled at my heart

Oh Polly, pretty Polly, come and go along with me
Polly, pretty Polly, won′t go along with me?
For we should marry some treasures to see
So he led her over mountain and dark valleys so deep
Led her over mountain and dark valleys so deep
And Polly, mistrusting, began to weep


Oh Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right
Polly, pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I thought on your grave the better part of last night
Then he led her a little further, and what did she spy?
Led her a little further, and what did she spy?
A fresh dug grave and a spade lying by

She knelt down before him, pleading for her life
Kneelt down before him and plead for her life
Said, "Let me be a single girl if I can be your wife"
Oh Polly, pretty Polly, that never can be
Polly, pretty Polly, that never can be
Your past reputation is trouble to me

So he opened up a bosom as white as any snow
Opened up a bosom as white as any snow
Stabbed through the heart, the blood did overflow

Threw a little dirt over her and started to go home
Threw a little dirt over her and started to go home
Said nothing behind him but the girl there in the moon