“Polly Primrose”
Description
"Sweet Polly Primrose, a girl of nineteen summers-o, Sure, I love my Polly better than all the wealth I own." Now she is at the bottom of the sea; she fell off a ship in rough waters. The singer wishes he were a fish, so he might see her as a mermaid
References
- SHenry H734, p. 149, "Polly Primrose" (1 text, 1 tune)
- Roud #9450
- BI, HHH734