Peter, Paul & Mary - Polly Von Lyrics
I shall tell of a hunter whose life was undoneBy the cruel hand of evil at the setting of the sunHis arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark,And his true love was slain as the shaft found its mark.Chorus:Shed her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swanBut its oh and alas it was she, polly vonHe ran up beside her and found it was sheHe turned away his head for he could not bear to seeHe lifted her up and found she was dead,A fountain of tears for his true love, he shed.(chorus)He bore her away to his home by the seaCryin father, oh father, I murdered poor polly!Ive killed my fair love in the flower of her life!I always intended that she be my wife.But shed her apron wrapped about herAnd I took her for a swan,And its oh and alas it was she, polly von.He roamed near the place where his true love was slainHe wept bitter tears, but his cries were all in vain.As he looked on the lake, a swan glided byAnd the sun slowly sank in the grey of the sky.(chorus)