Polly Von
Author Unknown, Roud 166, Laws O36· Songs Well-Known in America · p.256
DM GM
I SHALL TELL OF A HUNTER WHOSE LIFE WAS UNDONE
DM A
BY THE CRUEL HAND OF FATE AND THE SETTING OF THE SUN
DM GM
HIS ARROW WAS LOOSED AND IT FLEW THROUGH THE DARK
DM GM A7 DM
AND HIS TRUE LOVE WAS SLAIN AS THE SHAFT FOUND ITS MARK
CHORUS:
F
WELL, SHE'D HER APRON WRAPPED ABOUT HER AND HE TOOK
A DM GM A7 DM
HER FOR A SWAN AND IT’S OH AND ALAS IT WAS SHE POLLY VON
HE RAN UP BESIDE HER AND FOUND IT WAS SHE
HE TURNED AWAY HIS HEAD FOR HE COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE
AS HE LIFTED HER UP HE FOUND SHE WAS DEAD
A FOUNTAIN OF TEARS FOR HIS TRUE LOVE HE SHED (CHORUS)
HE BORE HER AWAY TO HIS HOME BY THE SEA
CRIED FATHER OH FATHER I’VE MURDERED POOR POLLY
I’VE KILLED MY FAIR LOVE IN THE FLOWER OF HER LIFE
I HAD ALWAYS INTENDED THAT SHE'D BE MY WIFE (CHORUS)
(VERSE/CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL)
HE ROAMED NEAR THE PLACE WHERE HIS TRUE LOVE WAS SLAIN
HE WEPT BITTER TEARS BUT HIS CRIES WERE ALL IN VAIN
AS HE LOOKED ON THE LAKE, A SWAN GLIDED BY
AND THE SUN SLOWLY SANK IN THE GREY OF THE SKY (CHORUS)