832. Pretty Polly (Child 4) - (Traditional)

[pmarlo666]

Nice work Raymond

[raymondcrooke]

@pmarlo666 Thank you.

[sunaru1]

Well done. First time I have heard about the 'your baby as well' after hearing so many versions of this song.

Check out the 'unreleased version by Trees, now released!!!.

Keep them coming. You are a true folk-singer.

Let's get you an appearence at Cropredy.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for subscribing.

[TheMaidsmilk]

oh this is so amazing! This ballad is so haunting. It chills me to the bone each time.Thank you for uplaoding this sir :)

[raymondcrooke]

You're welcome. It's one of my favourite murder ballads.

[checkraisedbywolves]

great piece,great performance

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for subscribing.

[Gaarak]

I'd like the no frills way you present the songs.

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you. What happened to the video response?

[Gaarak]

Hmm I don't know. I added a response but it did not seem to register and I can't redo do it for some reason. You tried to make a response to my vid aswell?

[raymondcrooke]

I got a message that I had to approve your response, but when I went to my inbox it was not there. This normally only happens if people try to make their video a response to more than one video. I've already made my video a response to Lew Dite's rendition of the song, otherwise I'd link it to yours, which I like very much.

[Gaarak]

Ah that explains it. If you decide to make a murder ballad of your own let me know and perhaps I can make an animation?

[raymondcrooke]

I think the closest I've come is my song "The Collector", based on Fowles' novel.

The video response worked that time! Thanks for linking it to mine.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Lew. Somebody has marked your comment as Spam - a bit ironic, considering I've made this a video response to yours. Any idea how I can change that? Clicking "Not Spam" doesn't seem to work.

[lewdite]

No idea...

the same thing has happened to me on occasion

[garibelon]

Such a great rendition of this classic song.

I know it well by Bert Jansch.

All the stars...

cheers

gari

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you, Gari.

[RandyHaddock]

I love how you post an explanation of the song's history in the description section.

[raymondcrooke]

Nice to know that people actually read it!

[cskwan]

oh, Raymond, the melody seems like "Pastures of Plenty"

[raymondcrooke]

Yes, Kwan. Woody Guthrie did indeed adapt the melody of "Pretty Polly" for "Pastures of Plenty". I forgot to mention this in the information box, but I'll add it now. Thanks for reminding me. Of course, Dylan sang Guthrie's song as well as "Pretty Polly" so perhaps he had both in mind when he wrote "Hollis Brown".

[Gaarak]

Even stranger is that Ennio Morricone adapted Pastures of Plenty into the fistful of dollars theme!

[davidholness]

New one for me Raymond. Great one as always.Take Care

David

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, David. You probably know Woody Guthrie's "Pastures of Plenty" and Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown," both of which use this tune. The tune of the English version is quite different from this one - as well as having about thirty more verses.

[CurtisMateer]

This is one of those songs that never ceases to fascinate me. Great version Raymond, for it retains the haunting feel of the ballad.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[geoff1945]

When I first saw this, I thought it would be 'Pretty Polly Oliver', a watered down version of which was featured in the schools' folk book.

i love your guitar in this - mellow.

Great show, Raymond.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for watching, Geoff.

[banjodano]

excellent stuff Raymond great song also

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Dan.

[sjkalsc]

Well done and thanks for sharing. 5*****s

[raymondcrooke]

Thank you, Dianne.

[UncleDaveMacon]

Alright.

[SirCoughsalot]

What? He doesn't get caught? No Doleful Ghost that makes sure he gets he just desserts? Imagine that...

Great song, sir. Really liked the feeling you put into this one.

[raymondcrooke]

Not in this version. Thanks for your comment.

[williamajk]

Great Raymond

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Willie

[UncleVRoy]

Great SONG Raymond!!

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Johnny.

[jayrbee60]

Outstanding Raymond! I'm working this song out with my banjo, so your timing is impeccable.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Jay. Have a listen to lewdite's banjo version. I've made this a video response to it, so you can just click on the link under the screen.

[jayrbee60]

Yes, I did awhile ago and surprised myself that i didn't comment on it... Perhaps in my haste to get the banjo, I forgot! lol