PRETTY POLLY
(MY HORSES AIN’T HUNGRY; TEXAS COWBOY; THE WAGONER’S LAD)
Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan
Recorded in Memphis, TN

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My horses ain’t hungry;
They won’t eat your hay.
So fare ye well, Polly,
I’m going away.

Your mama don’t like me;
She says I’m too poor.
She says I’m not worthy
To enter your door.

Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #740, “Texas Cowboy”; Brown, Vol. III, #250, “The Wagoner’s Lad.”

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