Pretty Polly

G Oh Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time Polly Pretty Polly would you take me in time D7 G You'd set beside me and tell me your mind G Well my mind is to marry and never to part My mind is to marry and never to part D7 G The first time I saw you you wounded my heart G Oh Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me Polly Pretty Polly come and go along with me D7 G Before we get married some pleasures to see G Well he led her over mountains and valleys so deep He led her over hills and valleys so deep D7 G Polly mistrusted and then began to weep G Saying Willie Little Willie I'm afraid of your ways Willie Little Willie I'm afraid of your ways D7 G The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray G Well Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right Polly Pretty Polly your guess is about right D7 G I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night G Well he led her a little farther and what did she spy He led her a little farther and what did she spy D7 G A new dug grave with spade lying by G Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life She knelt down before him a pleading for her life D7 G Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife G Now Polly Pretty Polly that never can be Polly Pretty Polly that never can be D7 G Your past reputation been trouble to me G Then he opened up her bosom as white as any snow He opened up her bosom as white as any snow D7 G He stabbed her thru the heart and the blood did overflowed Verse 11 G Then he went down to the jailhouse and what did he say He went to the jailhouse and what did he say D7 G I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away