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Polly Von Luther and Jamie Randall. Andrews, Printer, Chatham St., N. Y. [n. d]
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New York, New York: J. Andrews
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Publisher: J. Andrews
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POLLY VON LUTHER
AND
Jamie Randall.
Ho! all ye gay sportsmen, who follow the gun,
Beware of your shooting at the setting of the sun,
For a melancholy accident did happen here of late,
To Polly von Luther, whose fortune was great.
As she walked out one day at the setting of the sun,
She stepped under a green bush a shower for to shun;
Her lover being a sportsman, and being in the dark,
He fired off his gun, and he missed not his mark.
Then he ran to the object, and found it was she,
His knees were very weak, and for tears he could not see,
He embraced her in his arms, till he found she was dead,
When a fountain of tears all around her he shed.
Then his gun he picked up, and straight home he did run,
Crying, "Father, dear father, I have shot Polly Von;
I have shot that dear creature--the joy of my life,
And had thought ten thousand times I would make her my wife.
Then up stepped the old man--his locks being gray,
Saying, Jamie, dear Jamie, O do not run away,
But stay into your own country till the trial, it comes on,
For you ne'er shall be condemned for the death of Polly Von.
In two or three weeks to her uncle she did appear,
Saying, Uncle, dearest uncle, Jamie Randall is clear;
My apron being around me, he took me for a fawn,
But oh, and alas! it was I, Polly Von.
Now all ye gay ladies of England, look sad,
For Polly Von Luther is numbered with the dead;
With four and twenty jurymen, all standing in a row,
She'll appear in their midst like a fountain of snow.
NOTE.--The last 2 lines of every stanza may be repeated in singing.
Andrews, Printer, 38 Chatham St., N. Y., Songs, Games, Toys, Books, Motto Verses, &c., Wholesale and Retail.
Stamped: 1114
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American Song Sheets
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Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
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as111140
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