Pretty Polly chords by
Shirley Collins

N/A

Key: F major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Way down
in yonder valley
pretty Polly did dwell
She was courted by a captain
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who loved her so well
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But when her cruel parents
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came this fortune now
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They parted pretty poorly
in her own true love
One night she lay losing on her bed
And a sudden strange fancy
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come to Polly's head
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No father, no mother
shall make me fall through
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I'll list for a soldier and follow my love
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Then coat and breeches she put on
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And in every degree,
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she looked like a man
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She went to the stable,
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six horses she found
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And saddled a mare,
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could travel the ground
And with a brace of pistols
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swung by her side
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Like a  United States soldier,
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Pretty Polly did ride.
She rode, she rode,
and she come to the town,
And there she put up
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at the sign of their crown.
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Now the first one she met with
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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from Polly O'Day
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He opened the letter,
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two pages he found
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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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to light her to bed
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The captain, said, I've a bed at my ease
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And you may lie with me,
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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by sea and by land
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If you'll be my captain,
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I'll be your command
Our Polly is married, she lives at her ease
She goes out when she's ready,
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returns when she please
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She left her old parents
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to weep and to mourn
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Saying Polly, oh Polly,
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when will you return?
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