[ti:Pretty Polly]
[ar:B.F. Shelton/E.K. Brewer/M. Mooney]
[al:Bristol Sessions (Vol.1)]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:00.00]Pretty Polly - B.F. Shelton/E.K. Brewer/M. Mooney
[00:13.46]Pretty Polly Pretty Polly would you think it unkind
[00:21.11]Pretty Polly Pretty Polly would you think it unkind
[00:25.76]If I sat down beside you and told you my mind
[00:32.93]I courted Pretty Polly the live-long night
[00:40.45]I courted Pretty Polly the live-long night
[00:44.99]Until it was next morning before it was light
[00:52.11]I led her over the hills to the valleys so deep
[00:59.61]I led her over the hills to the valleys so deep
[01:04.10]At last Pretty Polly's beginning to weep
[01:11.22]Come on Pretty Polly
[01:13.36]And go along with me
[01:18.72]Come on Pretty Polly
[01:20.86]And go along with me
[01:23.21]Before we get married
[01:25.06]Some pleasure to see
[01:30.27]Oh Willie sweet Willie
[01:32.46]I fear from your ways
[01:37.81]Oh Willy sweet Willy
[01:39.95]I fear from your ways
[01:42.22]The way you are ramblin' it's making me afraid
[01:49.33]She went a piece farther see what she could spy
[01:56.75]She went a piece farther see what she could spy
[02:01.13]A new dug grave and a spade lying by
[02:08.15]Had no time to start and no time there to stand
[02:15.58]Had no time to start and no time there to stand
[02:19.83]He drew a knife holding in his right hand
[02:26.95]Pretty Polly Pretty Polly
[02:29.24]You're guessing just right
[02:34.30]Pretty Polly Pretty Polly
[02:36.51]You're guessing just right
[02:38.64]I dug on your grave six long hours all last night
[02:45.65]She threw her arms around him and suffered no tears
[02:53.00]She threw her arms around him and suffered no tears
[02:57.50]How can you kill a girl that loves you so dear
[03:04.44]He stabbed her through the heart
[03:06.68]Her hearts blood it did flow
[03:11.66]He stabbed her through the heart
[03:13.60]Her hearts blood it did flow
[03:16.00]And into the grave Prettty Polly did go
[03:31.53]Oh Willie sweet Willie turn loose my hand
[03:39.33]Willie sweet Willie turn loose my hand
[03:43.03]You see my heart's blood running
[03:45.00]Around where you stand
[03:50.15]He threw the dirt over her and turned to go home
[03:57.29]He threw the dirt over her and turned to go home
[04:01.47]Leaving nothing behind him
[04:03.34]But the birds for to mourn
[04:08.42]Gentlemen and ladies I'll bid you farewell
[04:16.13]Gentlemen and ladies I'll bid you farewell
[04:19.77]For killing Pretty Polly will send my soul to hell