Pretty Polly
Title
Pretty Polly
Digital Object
Performer
Mullins, J.M.
Date Recorded
1937-10-28
AFS Number
1596A1
AFC Collection
AFC 1937/001
AFC Catalog Record
Editor Note
This is the lost love song, not the murder ballad. Identified on AFS card as "I've Rambled This Country Both Early and Late." Card also credits Mullins with a banjo, but the song is unaccompanied.
Genre
lyric song
Instrumentation
vocal
State
Kentucky
County
Magoffin
Town
Salyersville
Collection
Citation
“Pretty Polly,” Alan Lomax Kentucky Recordings, accessed March 29, 2024, https://lomaxky.omeka.net/items/show/1205.