Bluegrass Messengers

Pretty Polly- Sharon Redding (AR) 1969 Max Hunter

[Fragment from: Max Hunter Folk Song Collection; Cat. #1329 (MFH #420), my designation C.

The tape is easy to understand (see footnote) however, it was taped several times and the whole version was not taped correctly.

R. Matteson 2016]


Pretty Polly - As sung by Sharon Redding, Hot Springs, Arkansas on July 11, 1969
https://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/songinformation.aspx?ID=1329

VERSE 1
Polly, pretty Polly O yonder she stands[1]
Polly, pretty Polly, O yonder she stands
A gold ring on her finger her lily white hands

VERSE 2
Way over hills and hollows so deep,
Way over hills and hollows so deep,
She mistrusted and started to weep.

VERSE 3
Polly, pretty Polly your guess about right
Polly, pretty Polly your guess about right
She dug on your grave biggest part of last night.
 

VERSE 4
Go to the parlor and see what you find,
Go to the parlor and see what you find,
A newly made dug grave a spade lying by.


Footnote by Hunter

1. Sharon used a tape recording of the person she had collected from and she sang along and it is impossible to understand either.