Fairport Convention - Polly On The Shore Lyrics
Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me
Never lead your single life astray or into bad company
As I myself have done, being all in the month of May
When I, as pressed by a sea captain, a privateer to trade
To the East Indies we were bound to plunder the raging main
Ah, for Freeport we did steer, our provisions to renew
When we did spy a bold man-of-war sailing three feet to our two
Oh, she fired across our bows, "Heave to and don't refuse
Surrender now unto my command or else your lives you'll lose"
And our decks they were sputtered with blood and the cannons did loudly roar
And broadside and broadside a long time we lay till we could fight no more
And a thousand times I wished myself alone, all alone with my Polly on the shore
She's a tall and a slender girl with a dark and a-rolling eye
And here am I, a-bleeding on the deck and for a sweet saint must lie
Farewell, my family and my friends, likewise my barley too
And a thousand times I saw myself again, all alone with my Polly on the shore
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Fairport Convention Polly On The Shore Comments
One of the most creative and beautifully arranged ballads ever. RIP Trevor Lucas and Dave Swarbrick. And may Jerry Donahue recover from his illness.
Sublime. Sandy smiles. Stay free. R ❤
Fantastic song