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 mysteryroommke 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