Pretty Polly- P. J. Moses (KY) 1931 Fuson

Pretty Polly- P. J. Moses (KY) 1931 Fuson

[From: Harvey H. Fuson's Ballads of the Kentucky Highlands (London, 1931). Standard version except for the first stanza which is related to the broadside opening.

R. Matteson 2016]


Pretty Polly - sung by P.J. Moses of Kentucky, no date given but before 1931.

There was a fair lady in London did dwell,
There was a fair lady in London did dwell,
There was a fair lady in London did dwell,
Her beauty was more than tongue could tell.

I courted the lady one whole long night, [bis.]
And left the next morning before it was daylight.

"Oh come, Pretty Polly, come go with me;
Before we get married some pleasure we'll see."

I led her over hills and valleys so deep,
Till at last Pretty Polly began to weep.

"Sweet William, sweet William, I fear from your ways,
You're going to lead my poor body astray."

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