I used to be a little fangler,
I'm a rambler all around.
I used to be a little fangler,
I'm a rambler all around.
All the air come blowin' with pain.
Before we get married some pleasures we'll see.
She jumped up behind him the way they did right.
She jumped up behind him the way they did right.
Through the wild,
tempting country,
all along the mountainside.
They rode a little farther and what did they spy?
They rode a little farther and what did they spy?
They rode a newly degraved for the speed line by.
Oh Willie, oh Willie, I'm scared I could waste.
Oh Willie,
oh Willie, I'm scared of your ways.
I'm scared you will leave my pretty body straight.
Pretty body, pretty body,
gets just about right.
Pretty body,
pretty body,
gets just about right.
Well I dug a grave the best part of last night.
She threw her arms around him,
she pleaded for her life.
She threw her arms around him,
she pleaded for her life.
Oh let me be your single girl,
I can't be your wife.
There's no time to talk now,
there's no time to stand.
Well there's no time to talk now,
there's no time to stand.
And he drew out his dagger,
all in his right hand.
And he pierced her in the heart and her lifeblood did flow.
Well he pierced her in the heart and her lifeblood did flow.
Deep down in the grave, pretty body did go.
A debt to the devil Willie must pay.
A debt to the devil Willie must pay.
For carrying pretty Polly and running away.
Well where is pretty Polly,
oh yonder she stands.
Well where is pretty Polly,
oh yonder she stands.
Long rings all the fingers on her lily white hand.