Pretty Polly- Jones (MS) c.1923 Hudson A
[From Arthur Palmer Hudson's Folk Tunes (Songs) from Mississippi, 1937, No. 11, Version A. There are 13 verses total which will eventually be added.
R. Matteson 2011, 2014]
Pretty Polly- Sung by Mrs. R. C. Jones, Oxford, Miss., c.1923-30.
Oh take some of your father's gold,
Likewise your mother's fee,
And two of your father's finest horses,
Where there stands thirty-three, three, three,
Where there stands thirty-three.
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X:98
T:Pretty Polly
T:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
C:Trad
B:Bronson
O:Arthur Palmer Hudson, Folk Tunes from Mississippi, T937,
O:No. II. Sung by Mrs. R. C. Jones, Oxford, Miss., c. I923-30.
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gdor % Hexatonic ( -6) Dorian/Aeolian
F2 | G2 F2 B2 d2 | B2 G2 F2 F2 | G2 F2 f2 c2 |
w:Oh take some of your fath-er's gold, Like-wise your moth-er's
d6 F2 | G2 FF B2 d2 | [M:3/2] BB G2 F6 BA |
w:fee, And two of your fath-er's fin-est hors-es, Where
[M:4/4] G2 G2 D2 C2 | F2 F2 D2 BA | F2 F2 D2 F2 | G6 |]
w:there stands thir-ty-three, three, three, Where* there stands thir-ty-three.
W:
W:Oh take some of your father's gold,
W:Likewise your mother's fee,
W:And two of your father's finest horses,
W:Where there stands thirty-three, three, three,
W:Where there stands thirty-three.