Polly Von Full Lyrics
[00:29.09] I shall tell of a hunter whose life was undone
[00:35.89] By the cruel hand of evil, at the setting of the sun
[00:42.53] His arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark
[00:48.87] And his true love was slain as the shaft found its mark
[00:58.70] She'd her apron wrapped about her, and he took her for a swan
[01:05.88] And it's, oh, and alas it was she, Polly Von
[01:16.48] He ran up beside her and found it was she
[01:23.02] He turned away his head for he could not bear to see
[01:29.67] He lifted her up and found she was dead
[01:36.40] A fountain of tears for his true love, he shed
[01:46.45] She'd her apron wrapped about her, and he took her for a swan
[01:53.15] And it's, oh, and alas it was she, Polly Von
[02:03.56] He bore her away to his home by the sea
[02:10.18] Cryin', "Father, oh, father, I murdered poor Polly
[02:16.68] I've killed my fair love in the flower of her life
[02:23.14] And I always intended that she be my wife"
[02:32.87] "But she'd her apron wrapped about her, and I took her for a swan
[02:39.88] And it's oh, and alas it was she, Polly Von"
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[03:14.88] He roamed near the place where his true love was slain
[03:21.03] He wept bitter tears, but his cries were all in vain
[03:27.23] As he looked on the lake, a swan glided by
[03:33.78] And the sun slowly sank in the gray of the sky
[03:43.76] She'd her apron wrapped about her, and he took her for a swan
[03:50.22] And it's, oh, and alas it was she, Polly Von
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