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Pretty Polly by B.F. Shelton




                Pretty Polly 





Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
 
 
[Verse]
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Polly - Pretty Polly - come go a-long with me,
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Polly - - Pretty Polly - come go a-long with me,
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Be-fore we get mar-ried some plea-sures to see.
 
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He took her over mountains and valleys so deep,
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He took her over hills and valleys so deep,
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Pretty Polly mistrusted and she began to weep.
 
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Willie, oh Willie, I'm afraid to of your ways,
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Willie, oh Willie, I'm afraid of your ways,
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The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray.
 
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Well they rode a little further and what did she spy,
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They rode a little further and what did she spy,
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A newly dug grave with a spade lying by.
 
[Verse]
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Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right,
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Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right,
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I dug on your grave the best part of last night.
 
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She knelt down before him pleading for her life,
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She knelt down before him pleading for her life,
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Please let me stay a single girl if I can't be your wife.
 
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He stabbed her to her heart and her heart's blood did flow,
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He stabbed her to her heart and her heart's blood did flow,
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And into the grave Pretty Polly did go.
 
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He threw a little dirt over her and turned to go home,
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He threw a little dirt over her and turned to go home,
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Leaving nothing behind but the girl left alone.
 
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Now ladies and gentlemen I'll bid you farewell,
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Ladies and gentlemen I'll bid you farewell,
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For killing Pretty Polly will send my soul to hell.






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