Polly Perkins of Abington Green 1864

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 29 Dec 2003

I'm a broken hearted milkman,
in grief I'm arrayed,
through keeping of the company
of a young servant maid,
who lived on board wages,
the house to keep clean,
in a gentleman's fam'ly,
near Abington Green.

Oh! She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Her eyes were as black
as the pipe of a pear,
no rose in the garden
with her cheeks could compare.
Her hair long in "ringerlets"
so beautiful and long
I thought that she lov'd me,
but found I was wrong.

Oh! She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

When I'd rattle in a morning,
and say: "Milk down below,"
At the sound of my milk cans
her face she would show,
with a smile upon her countenance
and a laugh in her eye,
If I thought that she'd have lov'd me,
I'd have laid down to die.

For She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

When I asked her to marry me,
she said: "Oh what stuff."
And told me: "drop in,
for she'd had quite enough
of my nonsense."
At the same time I'd been very kind,
but to marry a milkman
she didn't feel inclined.

Oh! She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

"Oh, the man that has me
must have silver and gold.
A chariot to ride in,
and be handsome and bold;
his hair must be curly
as any watchspring,
and his whiskers as big
as a brush for clothing."

Oh! She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

The words that she utter'd
went straight through my heart.
I sobbed, I sighed,
and straight did depart
with a tear on my eyelid
as big as a bean,
Bidding goodbye to Polly
and Abington Green.

Oh! She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

In six months she married
this hardhearted girl.
But it was not a "Wiscount,"
and it was not a "Nearl."
It was not a "Baronite,"
but a shade or too worse,
'Twas a bow-legg'd conductor
of a Twopenny 'Bus.

In spite of all She was as
beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

Beautiful as a butterfly,
and as proud as a queen,
was pretty little Polly Perkins
of Abington Green.

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Polly Perkins of Abington Green 1864
written and composed by Harry Clifton
copyright 1864 by G.D. Russell & Company
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 29 December 2003 at 09.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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