Wicked Polly

Notation: traditional
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush  
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Young people who delight in sin
I'll tell you what has lately been,
A woman who was young and fair
She died in sin and sad despair.

She'd go to frolics, dance an' play,
In spite of all her friends could say,
"I'll turn to God when I am old,
And He will then receive my soul".

One Friday she was taken ill,
Her stubborn heart begun to yield,
"Oh mother dear, do pray for me
I am lost eternally".

"My earthly father, fare thee well,
You're bound for heaven and me for hell,
When I am gone remember well
Your wicked daughter screams in hell".

"Young people all, with one accord,
Take warning at my dying word,
That you may escape the hellish flames
While I am doomed to endless pain".

She knowed her fate before she died,
She rolled, she groaned, she screamed and cried,
"The flaming wrath begins to roll,
I am a lost and a ruined soul.

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