Pretty Polly
Title
Pretty Polly
Digital Object
Performer
Roberts, Hulda
Date Recorded
1937-10-07
AFS Number
1483B
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
Announcement by Lomax follows: "This version was recorded about 20 or 30 miles from Corbin, Ky., where the now-standard of 'Pretty Polly' was commercially recorded by the Victor company, four or five years ago," in a reference to B.F. Shelton's 1927 record.
Genre
ballad
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
County
Clay
Town
Goose Rock
Collection
Citation
“Pretty Polly,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed April 27, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/790.