Congo Cowboys - Pretty Polly

Filmed & Directed by Simon Attwell & Daniel Hargrove Edited by Guillaume de Villiers Styling by Kim Winter Song mixed by Duane Lundy Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering @mystery_room_mke Big thanks to Sue Hoppe x Follow Congo Cowboys: SPOTIFY: INSTAGRAM: “Pretty Polly“ is a traditional folk song found in the British Isles, Canada, and the Appalachian region of North America, among other places. This is our version. The song is a murder ballad, telling of a young woman lured into the forest where she is killed and buried in a shallow grave. Many variants of the story have the villain as a ship’s carpenter who promises to marry Polly but murders her when she becomes pregnant. When he goes back to sea, either he is haunted by her ghost, c