Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
loved sweet Polly and
The corporal say "Polly,
kiss me tenderly"
Polly say to the corporal "I hope
I hope he don't catch me"
C
Verse 2
F
C
And the captain marched his soldiers
F
C
And the soldiers sang a tune
F
C
And the corporal courted Polly
F
G
Am
C
And the bugles played in the afternoon
Interlude 1
C
Verse 3
think Polly's love is true
He say "come here corporal,
There's trouble with the Indians,
you ride out and see
And if there's less than fifty,
Don't you bother me"
C
Verse 4
F
C
And the captain marched his soldiers
F
C
And the soldiers sang a tune
F
C
And the corporal rode away
F
G
Am
And the bugles played in the afternoon
C
Interlude 2
Verse 5
lying there on the ground
Forty six dead Indians lying
The captain said "The corporal was so brave,
you see
There wasn't fifty Indians so
He didn't bother me"
C
Verse 6
F
C
And the captain marched his soldiers
F
C
And the soldiers sang a tune
F
C
And Polly cried for the corporal
F
G
Am
And the bugles played in the afternoon
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Am F G
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