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There used to be a gambler who courted all around |
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There used to be a gambler who courted all around |
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He courted Pretty Polly, such beauty'd never been found |
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Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me |
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Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me |
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Before we get married some pleasures to see |
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She jumped up behind him and away they did go |
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She jumped up behind him and away they did go |
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Down into the valley that was far below |
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He rode her over hills and valleys so deep |
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He rode her over hills and valleys so deep |
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Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep |
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They went a little further and what did they spy? |
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They went a little further and what did they spy? |
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But a newly-dug grave with a spade lying by |
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Oh Willy, hey Willy, I'm afraid of your ways |
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Oh Willy, hey Willy, I'm afraid of your ways |
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I'm afraid you will lead my poor body astray |
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Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right |
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Pretty Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right |
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I've dug on your grave the better part of last night |
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She knelt down before him pleading for her life |
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She knelt down before him pleading for her life |
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Please let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife |
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Then he stabbed her in the heart till her heart's blood did flow |
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He stabbed her in the heart till her heart's blood did flow |
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And into the grave Pretty Polly did go |
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He threw something over her and turned to go home |
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He threw something over her and turned to go home |
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Leaving nothing behind him but the girl left to mourn |
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He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say |
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He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say |
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I killed Pretty Polly and tried to get away |
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Now gentlemen and ladies, I bid you farewell |
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Now gentlemen and ladies I bid you farewell |
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For killing Pretty Polly my soul will go to hell |
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Now a debt to the devil that Willy must pay |
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A debt to the devil that Willy must pay |
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For killing pretty Polly and running away |
