Pretty Polly- Faye Aldridge (NC) 1937 Abrams MS
[Partial transcription of a standard 6 stanza text from Abrams MS.
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R .Matteson 2016]
Pretty Polly-- sung by Faye Aldridge, a student in sixth grade in Boone, NC on Oct. 1, 1937. Abrams MS
1.I courted Pretty Polly one live long night,
I courted Pretty Polly one live long night,
And left her next morning before it was light.
2. Come along Pretty Polly and go away with me
Come along Pretty Polly and go away with me,
We'll go and get married some pleasures we'll see.
6. There's a debt to the devil that's got to be paid
There's a debt to the devil that's got to be paid
For killing Pretty Polly and running away.