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 to 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 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 recitation s been trouble to me 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