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polly vaughn - young waters lyrics

come all you young fellows that handle a gun
beware how you shoot when the nights coming on
for young jimmy met his true love
he mistook her for a swan
and he shot her and k!lled her at the setting of the sun

as polly was walking in a shower of rain
she sheltered in a green bush
her beauty to save
with her apr-n flying round her, he mistook her for a swan
and he shot her and k!lled her at the setting of the sun

then home ran young jimmy with his dog and his gun
crying, “uncle, dear uncle, have you heard what iʻve done?”
i met my own true love
i mistook her for a swan and i shot her and k!lled her at the setting of the sun

then out ran his uncle with his locks hanging gray
crying, “jimmy, oh dear jimmy, don’t you run away
don’t you leave your own country
till the trial, do come home
for they never will hang you for the shooting of a swan”

all the girls of this country
they were glad we know
to see polly vaughn brought down so low
you can take them cruel girls and set them in row
and her beauty would outshine them
like a fountain of snow
while the trial wore on
and polly’s ghost appeared
crying, “uncle, dear uncle, let jimmy go clear
for my apr-n was tied ’round me
he mistook me for a swan
and he never would have shot his own polly vaugh”

- young waters lyrics

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