Oh Polly pretty Polly would you take me unkind

Polly pretty Polly would you take me unkind

Let me set beside you and tell you my mind

Well 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 wounded my heart

Oh Polly pretty Polly come go along with me

Polly pretty Polly come go along with me

Before we get married some pleasures to see

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep

He led her over hills and valleys so deep

Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Oh Willie little Willie

I'm afraid of your ways

Willie little Willie

I'm afraid of your ways

The way you've been rambling

You'll lead me astray

Oh 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

When you let the little father

Hot will be sky

When you let the little father

Hot will be sky

You turn break for the

Break my mind

Oh she knelt down before him

A pleading for her life

She knelt before him

A pleading for her life

Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Oh Polly pretty Polly that never can be

Polly pretty Polly that never can be

Your past reputation's been trouble to me

He opened up her bosom as white as any snow

He opened up her bosom as white as any snow

He stabbed her through the heart

And the blood did overflow

And he went down to the jailhouse

And what did he say

He went down to the jailhouse

And what did he say

I've killed pretty Polly and trying to get away