Pretty Polly Lyrics - Sandy Denny

Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me 

Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me 

Before we get married some pleasure to see 

She got up behind him and away they did ride 

She got up behind him and away they did ride 

Over the hills and the valleys so wide 

They rode a little further and what did they spy 

They rode a little further and what did they spy 

But a new-dug grave with a spade lying by 

Oh Willy, oh Willy, I'm scared of your ways 

Oh Willy, oh Willy, I'm scared of your ways 

Scared you might lead my poor body astray 

Polly, pretty Polly, you've guessed just about right 

Polly, pretty Polly, you've guessed just about right 

I've dug on your grave the best part of last night 

And he stabbed her in the heart and the heart-blood did flow 

And he stabbed her in the heart and the heart-blood did flow 

Into her grave pretty Polly did go 

He threw a little dirt over her and started for home 

He threw a little dirt over her and started for home 

Leaving nothing behind but the wild birds to moan 

And it's debt to the devil, and Willy must pay 

And it's debt to the devil, and Willy must pay 

For killing pretty Polly and running away.