[verse]
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
When the shaft found its mark
[verse]
I ran up beside her
And i found it was she
I turned away my head
For i could not bear to see
I lifted her up
And i found she was dead
A fountain of tears for
My true love i shed
[chorus]
But she'd an apron
Wrapped about her
And i took her for a swan
And it sore and alas
It was she
Polly von
[solo]
[verse]
I bore her away
To my home by the sea
Cryin' father oh father
I have murdered my poor polly
I have killed my true love
I the flower of her life
And i'd always intended
That she, she'd be my wife
[chorus]
But she'd an apron
Wrapped about her
And i took her for a swan
And it sore and alas
It was she
My polly von
