Polly Von

Am Dm i shall tell of a hunter who’s life was undone Am E7 by the cruel hand of evil and the setting of the sun Am Dm his arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark Am E7 Am and his true love was slain as the shaft found its mark Chorus : C G well she’d her apron wrapped about her and he took E7 F G E7 Am her for a swan , and oh and alas it was sh - - - E 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 and a fountain of tears for his true love he shed Chorus he bore her away to his home by the sea crying father , oh father i’ve murdered poor polly i’ve killed my sweet love in the flower of her life i’d always intended that she’d be my wife Chorus he roamed near the place where his true love was slain he wept bitter tears , but his cries were all in vain as looked to the lake , a swan glided by and the sun slowly sank in the gray of the sky Chorus