Polly Von
I shall tell of a hunter whose life was undone
By the cruel hand of evil at the setting of the sun
His arrow was loosed and it flew through the dark,
And his true love was slain as the shaft found it's mark.
Chorus:
She'd her apron wrapped about her and he took her for a swan
But it's oh and alas it was she, polly von
He ran up beside her and found it was she
He turned away his head for he could not bear to see
He 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 sea
Cryin' father, oh father, I murdered poor polly!
I've killed my fair love in the flower of her life!
I always intended that she be my wife.
But she'd her apron wrapped about her
And I took her for a swan,
And it's oh and alas it was she, polly von.
He roamed near the place where his true love was slain
He wept bitter tears, but his cries were all in vain.
As he looked on the lake, a swan glided by
And the sun slowly sank in the grey of the sky.
(chorus)
Polly Von
Contaré la historia de un cazador cuya vida fue deshecha
Por la cruel mano del mal al ponerse el sol
Su flecha fue lanzada y voló a través de la oscuridad,
Y su verdadero amor fue asesinado al encontrar su blanco.
Coro:
Tenía su delantal envuelto alrededor y la tomó por un cisne
Pero oh y ay, era ella, Polly Von.
Corrió a su lado y descubrió que era ella
Volvió la cabeza porque no podía soportar ver
La levantó y descubrió que estaba muerta,
Un manantial de lágrimas por su verdadero amor, derramó.
(Coro)
La llevó a su hogar junto al mar
Llorando 'padre, oh padre, ¡he asesinado a pobre Polly!'
¡He matado a mi bella amada en la flor de su vida!
Siempre tuve la intención de que fuera mi esposa.
Pero tenía su delantal envuelto alrededor
Y la tomé por un cisne,
Y oh y ay, era ella, Polly Von.
Vagó cerca del lugar donde su verdadero amor fue asesinado
Lloró amargas lágrimas, pero sus gritos fueron en vano.
Mientras miraba el lago, un cisne se deslizaba
Y el sol se hundía lentamente en el gris del cielo.
(Coro)
Escrita por: Mary Travers / Noel Paul Stookey / Peter Yarrow