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The band:

Mary Lee - vocals, acoustic guitar
Gabriel Fernandes - double bass
Mauro Montezuma - drums, vocals
Fly - guitar, dobro
Douglas Liberato - mandolin

lyrics

Pretty Polly

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Polly, Pretty Polly, would you take me unkind
Let me set beside you and tell you my mind

Well my mind is to marry and never to part
My mind is to marry and never to part
The first time I saw you it wounded my heart

Oh Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Polly Pretty Polly come go along with me
Before we get married some pleasures to see

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
He led her over hills and valleys so deep
Pretty Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Oh Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
Willie, Little Willie, I'm afraid of your ways
The way you've been rambling you'll lead me astray

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
Polly, Pretty Polly, your guess is about right
I dug on your grave the biggest part of last night

She went a little further and what did she spy
She went a little further and what did she spy
A new dug grave with a spade lying by

Oh she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt down before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Oh Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly, Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past reputation's been trouble to me

He opened up her bosom, as white as any snow.
He opened up her bosom, as white as any snow.
He stabbed her through the heart,
and the blood did overflow.

Oh went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
He went down to the jailhouse and what did he say
I've killed Pretty Polly and trying to get away

credits

from Fighting Demons, released May 16, 2016
Traditional folk song
Version by Mary Lee & The B-Side Brothers
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gustavo Di Iorio at High Voltage Studio, Londrina/PR Brasil

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