Chords for David Holt Pretty Polly

_ _ _ _ _ _ I want to do this song for Deli Norton.
I learned this song from Deli.
She's a 94 year old lady, ballad singer from Sodom, North Carolina.
There's a picture of Deli right there.
And this is a Pretty Polly.
I learned from her.
One of the oldest English ballads. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me. _ _ _
Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, come go along with me.
Before we get married, it's a pleasure to see.
_ _ She got up behind him and away they did go.
_ She got up behind him and away they did go.
Over the hills to the valleys below. _ _ _
_ They rode a little piece further and what did she spy?
_ _ They rode a little piece further and what did she spy?
A new dove grave with a spade lying by.
_ _ _ Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm afraid of your ways.
_ _ Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm afraid of your ways.
Afraid you will lead my poor body astray.
_ _ _ Now Polly, Pretty Polly, you're thinking just right. _
_ Oh Polly, Pretty Polly, you're thinking just right.
I dug on your [D] grave the best part of last night.
But there's [G] no time to talk here, there's no time to stand.
There's no time to talk here, there's no time to stand.
[Em] He pulled out his [Dm] knife, all in his right hand.
[G] We stabbed her in the heart and her heart's blood did flow. _ _ _ _
_ [G] He stabbed her in the heart and her heart's blood did [Dm] flow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ And into the grave Pretty Polly did go. _ _
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Now he threw a little dirt oar and started back towards home.
_ _ He threw a little dirt oar and started back towards home.
_ Leaving no one behind but the wild birds to _ moan. _ _ _ _ _
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