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 we'll see

Oh he led her over mountains and valleys so deep
Led her over mountains and valleys so deep
Polly mistrusted and then began to weep

Hey Willie oh 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

And he led her a little farther and what did she spy
Led her a little farther and what did she spy
A new dug grave with a spade lying by

And she knelt down before him a pleading for her life
She knelt before him a pleading for her life
Let me be a single girl if I can't be your wife

Now Polly Pretty Polly that never can be
Polly Pretty Polly that never can be
Your past recitation's been trouble to me

And he opened up her bosom as white as any snow
He opened up her bosom as white as any snow
He stabbed her in the heart and blood began to flow

Then he 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