Annotation:Pretty Polly (6)
X:1 T:Pretty Polly [6] M:3/2 L:1/8 K:Amin d2 | A2E2E2A2 c4 | dcBc A2c2 e3f | e2 ae f2e2d2c2 | B4A2 e2f2e2 | d4c4 z2 :| B2 | edcB cd c2 dcBA | Bc B2 cBA^G AB A2 | z2 e2 fedc g2G2 |c4c4 efef | g2g2 gfed c4 | cdcd e2e2 edcB | A2e2A2e2 dcBA | A8 z2 ||
PRETTY POLLY [6]. AKA and see "Pretty Poll," "Pretty Polly Say," "Pretty Parrot Say." English, Air and Triple Hornpipe (3/2 time). A Minor (Doyle): G Minor (Gay). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The song, attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, was issued as a broadsheet ballad of c. 1706 and can be heard as the vehicle for songs in several early 18th century ballad operas (according to Pulver, 1923). The song appears under the alternate title "Pretty Parrot, Say" in John Gay's (1685-1732) The Beggar's Opera (1729, Air XIV). The ballad was said to have been translated from the French, and Kidson (1922) states it is on early half-sheet music. See note for "annotation:Pretty Poll" for more).
