Pretty Polly- Mrs. Vaughan (TN) c. 1964 Wolf Coll.
[My date. Fragment of M, from the Wolf Collection, online. This is a version of M, with only her name mentioned (the normal two stanzas are missing, although she titled it Pretty Polly) a version of the ballad in waltz time with stanzas from Wagoner's Lad/Rye Whiskey songs.
R. Matteson 2016]
PRETTY POLLY- Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan. Recorded in Memphis, TN
Listen to the original recording: http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/songs/vaughanpretty1252.html
My horses ain’t hungry;
They won’t eat your hay.
So fare ye well, Polly,
I’m going away.
Your mama don’t like me;
She says I’m too poor.
She says I’m not worthy
To enter your door.