AmO (x02210@1)Polly O Polly,
Am (x02210@1)               GAm
It's for your sake alone,
AmI've (x02210@1)left my old father
Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)         
My country and my home,
AmI've (x02210@1)left my old mother
Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)                         
To weep and to mourn
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)      DmI (xx0231@1)am a Rebel soldier
Dm (xx0231@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)far from my home.


AmIt's (x02210@1)grape shot and musket
Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)AmAnd (x02210@1)the cannons lumber loud,
AmThere's (x02210@1)many a mangled body
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1)
The blanket for their shroud,
AmThere's (x02210@1)many a mangled body
Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)AmLeft (x02210@1)on the fields alone,
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)      
I am a Rebel soldier
Dm (xx0231@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)far from my home.


I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I am dry,
If the Yankees dont kill me
I'll live until I die,
If the Yankees dont kill me
And cause me to mourn,
I am a Rebel soldier
And far from my home.


Here's a good old cup of brandy
And a glass of nice wine,
You can drink to your true love
And I will drink to mine,
And you can drink to your true love
And I'll lament and mourn,
I am a Rebel soldier
And far from my home.


I'll build me a castle on the mountain
On some green mountain high,
Where I can see Polly
As she is passing by,
Where I can see Polly
And help her to mourn,
I am a Rebel soldier
And far from my home.