Molly, Pretty Molly- Pearl Brewer (AR) 1958 Parler
[Ozark Collection Reel 262, Item 7. Collected by Edwin R. Bethune For Mary C. Parler. Transcribed by Frances Majors
R. Matteson 2016]
Molly, Pretty Molly- Sung by Mrs. Pearl Brewer of Pocahontas, Arkansas on August 1, 1958.
Molly, pretty Molly, come go with me,
Before we get married some friends to see.
Molly, pretty Molly, come go with me,
Before we get married some friends to see.
Traveled over the hills and valleys so deep;
At last pretty Molly begin to weep.
Traveled over the hills and valleys so deep;
At last pretty Molly begin to weep.
Oh, Johnny, dear Johnny, you're leading me astray;
Your innocent love you have betrayed.
Oh, Johnny, dear Johnny, you're leading me astray;
Your innocent love you have betrayed.
Oh, Molly, pretty Molly, you're guessing just right;
I dug in your grave a part of last night.
Oh, Molly, pretty Molly, you're guessing just right;
I dug in your grave a part of last night.
She threw her arms around him, saying, suffer no fear
How can you kill a girl that loves you so dear?
She threw her arms around him, saying, suffer no fear
How can you kill a girl that loves you so dear?
He stabbed his knife in her; the blood it did flow;
And into her grave her body did go.
He stabbed his knife in her; the blood it did flow;
And into her grave her body did go.
He threw some dirt o'er her, and turned to go home;
Left nothing behind him but the birds to mourn.
He threw some dirt o'er her, and turned to go home;
Left nothing behind him but the birds to mourn.