Key: C# minor
Verse 1
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"Oh Polly love, oh Polly,
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the rout has now begun,
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And we must go a- marching to
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the beating of the drum.
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Go dress yourself all in your best
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and come along with me;
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I'll take you to the war, my love,
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in High Germany."
Verse 2
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"Oh Willy love, oh Willy,
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come list what I do say,
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My feet they are so tender
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, I cannot march away.
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And besides, my dearest Willy,
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I am with child by thee,
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Not fit ted for the war,
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my love, in High Germany."
Verse 3
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"I'll buy for you a horse, my love,
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and on it you shall ride
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And all my delight shall be a-
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riding by your side.
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We'll stop at every alehouse and
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drink when we are dry,
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We'll be true to one another,
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get married by and by."
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Oh, cursed be them cruel wars that
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ever they should rise
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And out of Merry England press
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many a man likewise.
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They pressed my true love from
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me, likewise my brothers three,
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And sen t them to the war,
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my love, in High Germany.
Verse 5
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My friends I do not value nor
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my foes I do not fear,
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Now my love has left me I
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wander far and near.
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And when my baby it is born and
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a- smiling on my knee
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I'll think on lovely Willy in High Germany.
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(repeat first verse)
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