Polly Von
| Category: | Calm |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | An old Irish ballad about tragic mistaken identity, retold in various forms across folk traditions. |
Intro
Am Dm
Am E7
AmI shall tell of a hunter
whose lDmife was undone
By the crAmuel hand of evil
at the setting of the E7sun
His arAmrow was loosed
and it Dmflew through the dark,
And his tAmrue love was slain
as the Dmsha-E7aft found it's Ammark
She'd her apCron wrapped about her
and he took her for a sE7wan
And it's Amoh and alas
it was Dmshe-E7e, Polly VAmaughn
Am Dm
Am E7
He Amran up beside her
and fDmound it was she
He tuAmrned away his head
for he could not bear to E7see
He liAmfted her up
and fDmound she was dead,
A fAmountain of tears
for his Dmtru-E7ue love, he sAmhed.
For she'd her apCron wrapped about her
and he took her for a sE7wan
And it's Amoh and alas
it was Dmshe-E7e, Polly VAmaughn
Am Dm
Am E7
He bAmore her away
to his Dmhome by the sea
Cried, 'FAmather, oh father,
I murdered poor PE7olly!
I've kAmilled my fair love
in the fDmlower of her life!
I had aAmlways intended
that Dmshe-E7e'd be my wAmife.'
'But she'd her aCpron wrapped about her
and I took her for a sE7wan
And it's Amoh and alas,
it was Dmshe-E7e, Polly VAmaughn.'
Instrumental
Am Dm
Am E7
Am Dm
Am Dm E7 Am
He roAmamed near the place
where his Dmtrue love was slain
He wAmept bitter tears,
but his cries were all in vE7ain.
As he loAmoked on the lake,
a sDmwan glided by
And the Amsun slowly sank
in the Dmgre-E7ey of the Amsky.
She'd her apCron wrapped about her
and he took her for a sE7wan
And it's Amoh and alas
it was Dmshe-E7e, Polly VAmaughn
Well, whe'd her aCpron wrapped about her
and he took her for a sE7wan
And it's Amoh and alas
it was Dmshe-E7e, Polly VAmaughn
Outro
Am Dm
Am E7
Chords Used
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