Pretty Sally- Michael (NC) pre1937 Abrams
[From the Abrams collection, one of a group of songs and ballads sent in 1937 by Chloe Michael from Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. Chloe Michael learned some of her songs from her father David C. Michael, 1889-1964.
R. Matteson Jr. 2014]
Pretty Sally- Chloe Michael 1937
1."Pretty Sally, pretty Sally, pretty Sally," said he,
Don't you remember when you courted me?"
"You laughed at my courtship, you treated me in scorn,
And now I'll reward you for things past and gone."
2. And then from her fingers gold rings she pulled three,
"Take them and wear them while dancing on me."
"Your rings I'll deny and your body I'll discern,
And now I'll reward you for things past and gone."