Key: F major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
in yonder valley
pretty Polly did dwell
She was courted by a captain
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who loved her so well
in her own true love
One night she lay losing on her bed
And a sudden strange fancy
shall make me fall through
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I'll list for a soldier and follow my love
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she looked like a man
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could travel the ground
And with a brace of pistols
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Pretty Polly did ride.
She rode, she rode,
and she come to the town,
And there she put up
was an English Lord,
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And the next in was Captain
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Pretty Polly's true love
What news from the country,
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what news do you bring?
She handed him a letter
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Saying Polly is a soldier
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with men all around
Now Polly being weary
she hung down her head
And she called for a candle
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The captain, said, I've a bed at my ease
kind sir, if you please
Well, to lie with a captain
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is to lie with a king
I'm a United States soldier
from George Washington,
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I claim I'll fight for my liberty
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If you'll be my captain,
Our Polly is married, she lives at her ease
She goes out when she's ready,
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Saying Polly, oh Polly,
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when will you return?
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