Polly Bond- Henry Pritchard (NC) 1924 Chappell
[Fragment from Folk-songs of Roanoke and the Albemarle by Louis W Chappell. Publisher: Morgantown, W. Va., Ballad Press, 1939.
R. Matteson 2016]
Polly Bond- Sung by Henry Pritchard, Weeksville, NC, in 1924.
James Royal went a-hunting
One evening after dark,
And through his mistake
Po1ly Bond was his mark.
Her apron being about her,
He took her to be a swan,
And after he had fired
He found it was his Polly Bond.