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	Polly by Nirvana Songfacts
		Polly was tortured with a whip, a razor, and a blowtorch.
		Polly the song is based on the torture and rape on a girl.
		The song cannot be about her for the simple fact that the girl that Cobain refers to was raped and escaped.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=2715 (3873 words)

	Polly (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Polly" is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana.
		The girl, 14, was abducted in 1987 while returning from a punk rock show, and was raped and tortured by her abductor.
		Music critic Greil Marcus has suggested that Cobain's "Polly" is a descendent of "Pretty Polly," a murder ballad perhaps a century old already when recorded by Dock Boggs in 1927.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polly_(song) (583 words)

	The Polly Song
		Polly was no prodigy, and nothing about the forced-march practice schedule, with sessions often preceded by screaming fits, or her struggles with classical music that was way over her head, induced in me the slightest interest or jealousy.
		Polly couldn't believe her good fortune; she didn't know whether to be theatrically affronted with the godawful noise, or theatrically delighted with the vast new possibilities of ridicule she could heap on me. A good deal for her either way.
		Polly moved in with him when he was twenty-eight and she was fresh out of high school, much to the horror of my father, a pious, God-fearing Catholic, and much to the disgust of my mother, a staunch upholder of middle-class mores.
	www.dutchgirl.com /foxpaws/short_fiction/pollysong.html (5083 words)

	Polly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Polly is a nickname, and often name in its own right, for girls, which was derived from the name Molly.
		In 18th and 19th Century New England, Polly was a common nickname for Mary.
		Polly (song), two separate songs by Nirvana and The Kinks
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polly (168 words)

	Polly Prior
		Polly Prior is a NZ singer/songwriter whose "bittersweet" pop/rock sound and unique voice is shaping her up to be one of NZ's most talented emerging solo artists.
		Recognition of Polly's talent first came in 1999, when she was chosen as one of the 24 top singer/songwriters in NZ to feature on the TV3 show "Get Your Act Together" at just 19 years old.
		Polly self-funded a music video for "In My Dreams" in Feb 2004 and the single was released to radio in March 2004 on NZ On Air's 26th Indie Hit Disc.
	www.pollyprior.com /bio.html (634 words)

	Like the song she sings in 'Follies,' Polly Bergen is still here
		Polly has never really been away, if you allow for selling skin cream on Home Shopping Network as a most recent gig, but now she is back where she belongs, and I marvel at her stamina.
		While she stopped singing for a number of years (remember her signature sign-off song, "The Party's Over," on her TV show?), Polly charged ahead with acting and then that successful burst of energy in the cosmetics market.
		It is an eight-minute song, and it describes her own life to a T. She must also climb steep steps many times each performance, and she does it in 4-inch heels.
	www.post-gazette.com /columnists/20010701cloud0701fnp1.asp (1074 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: The Threepenny Opera Study Guide
		Polly enters in a wedding dress and complains about the fact that it is stable rather than a fine building.
		Polly complains again about the fact that are going to get married in a stable; she is further upset about the fact that Mac does not own the place.
		The song has two interpretations: it can be seen as an analogy for Polly's own life, in that she is rescued by the thieves from her family of beggars, similar to the wash-girl getting rescued by pirates.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/threepenny/section5.html (1063 words)

	SoundTrack Lyrics Source #1. Any Movie, Musical, TV, Cartoon!
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	www.stlyrics.com (223 words)

	NIRVANA Dictionary
		It's a different version of Polly (Nevermind, Unplugged), recorded in the U.K.for the BBC Radio 1 Mark Goodier Sessions on 11/5/91 and was produced by Miti Adhikari.
		On a Plain - song #11 on Nevermind and song #8 on Unplugged.
		Polly - song #6 on Nevermind and song #7 on Unplugged.
	www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/burgess/627/dictio2.htm (1702 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: The Threepenny Opera Study Guide - Full Summary and Analysis
		The song indicates that Macheath is to blame for killing many men, stealing cash boxes, murdering a prostitute, setting a fire in Soho that killed seven children, and raping a young bride.
		Polly realizes this and tries to point out to her parents that Macheath is financially well off, however, since he is a competitor to her father, Peachum chooses instead to take this opportunity to ruin Macheath.
		Polly's motives for visiting with Lucy are two-fold: she wants to ascertain where Macheath is staying and she wants to evaluate her competition.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/threepenny/fullsumm.html (7745 words)

	Adrian's Album Reviews : PJ Harvey
		It is interesting to note, Polly doesn't play as much guitar here as she did on the previous records, an additional guitar player takes many of the parts, Polly herself only plays on four of the albums ten songs.
		There is nothing simple about describing an utterly beautiful song that not only features Polly herself on the top of her game, but also features the vocals of a certain Thom Yorke of Radiohead fame, sounding as beautiful as he ever has on any Radiohead album, in case you're a fan of Radiohead.
		Polly deserves to now be mentioned in the same breath as either Tom Waits or Nick Cave, artists she IS often mentioned in the same breath with, actually.
	www.adriandenning.co.uk /pjharvey.html (3641 words)

	Kurt Cobain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1991, the arrival of Cobain's best known song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", marked the beginning of a dramatic shift of popular music away from the dominant genres of the 1980s, glam metal, arena rock, and dance-pop, leading to the ascendance of grunge and alternative rock.
		However, in 1998, a boombox recording of the song performed by Nirvana was surfaced by Seattle newspaper The Stranger.
		Critic Greil Marcus suggested that Cobain's "Polly" was a descendent of "Pretty Polly", a murder ballad that might have been a century old when Dock Boggs recorded it in 1927.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kurt_Cobain (5644 words)

	Amazon.com: To Bring You My Love: Music: PJ Harvey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is very pretty and the premise is probably one of the less complex for a PJ Harvey song--a woman who has given birth to an illegitimate child pleads for her lover to return to see the child he deserted.
		Ostensibly, the song seems to be about abortion, but in an interview, Harvey claims she was writing about herself.
		Polly Jean Harvey proved that not only could she retain the name of her trio and bring it to new heights, but that she could metamorphose and change herself and her image, while still retaining her edgy, won't-go-quietly roots.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001E7T?v=glance (1844 words)

	Polly
		This is believed to be an early version of "Polly" that's a lot slower than the more known Nevermind version.
		On Incesticide the song is found as "(New wave) Polly" - this version is a lot quicker than the original.
		Kurt is credited with writing "Polly" on Nevermind while Krist and Dave are credited with helping on Incesticide.
	www.livenirvana.com /digitalnirvana/songguide/body6a09.html?songid=76 (271 words)

	The Graduates Remember and Reminisce
		My favorite song was "The Lord Bless You..." I remember singing it when we were on tour.
		Polly knocking her own glasses off as we practiced marching on stage.
		Polly falling off stage in a heap from pure enthusiasm.
	www.sdcchoir.org /graduates/gradsremember (1792 words)

	Kurt Weill (1900-1950) : Library of Congress Citations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		First complete recording, including all the verses of the songs, the Ballad of dependency (omitted from the published score), and Lucy's aria; the composer's original instrumentation is restored.
		March ahead to the fight ; Don't be afraid ; Bilbao song ; Surabaya Johnny ; Childhood's bright endeavor ; Mandalay song -- The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny medley.
		Songs of peace and war ; A hymn to peace ; Listen to my song -- Knickerbocker holiday medley.
	www.mala.bc.ca /~mcneil/cit/citlcweill.htm (2279 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - Los Angeles - "The Threepenny Opera" - 8/25/05
		The song is also one of two places in the show where director Ron Sossi inserts a pause just long enough for the audience to realize that Brecht might have been saying something that resonates with modern audiences.
		Sossi staged “Barbara Song” in such a way that Macheath is present when she sings it.
		Directing songs to the audience is a deliberate choice of this production, probably in the same way that the audience is directly engaged in the set changes and “The Ballad of Mack the Knife.” And it works, to some degree.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/la/la190.html (930 words)

	The Underdog Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I loved Under Dog, especially Sweet Polly Purebred, in fact, I was in LOVE with her despite her being a dog.
		The show had some good points: Polly was a babe, Simon Bar Sinister is one of the best villain names ever, the pot-bellied hero in the baggy outfit was funny (as was the exploding phone booth every time he changed), and the theme music ROCKED...
		Polly may have been cute, but was too much of a "fainting femme" for my taste (but hey, it was the 60's).
	www.jumptheshark.com /u/underdog.htm (5358 words)

	Bluegrass Messengers
		The air for this song (which Horace M. Belden believes is the most widely known song in the English language) first appears in Thomas Ravenscroft's "Melismata" (1611).
		The song was also popular in England in the 1800’s by the minstrel vocalist Sam Cowell.
		Dar was a frog lived in a spring, Sing song, Polly, won't you ki me, oh.
	www.bluegrassmessengers.com /master/kemokimo3.html (2144 words)

	Bluegrass Messengers
		Same goes for the more modern versions-- "ahum" or however you want to spell it, while the "twino" seems to spawn "kimo" as in the minstrel song ["coino" is found in the 18th century], and there's quite a few variations.
		Presumably some of the nonsense rhymes could have traveled from songs like “Froggy” and “Martin Said to His Man,” to “Kemo Kimo” and “Kitty Alone then to other animal songs including “Buckeye Jim.” There is an interesting connection with the “weave and spin” in “Buck-Eye Jim” and the “spin” in the Froggy songs.
		MORE NOTES: The main differences between the related “Froggy” and the “Kemo/Sing Song Kitty/Kitty Alone” songs, which I separate, is the “Kemo” songs usually do not have a plot (not a ballad), are comic rhyming verses about animals, and have a different set of rhyming nonsense syllables in the chorus.
	www.bluegrassmessengers.com /master/kemokimo21.html (1983 words)

	Polly Stark - raw new footage from a genderfuck, intersex, queer girl. - Blog - New Song: I Thought
		Polly Stark - raw new footage from a genderfuck, intersex, queer girl.
		Polly Stark is a genderfuck, intersex, queer girl. She writes about her political activities, her band and her sex life. To get some background, go and read The Best Bits.
		This recording keeps it SO real: guitar played gently (so as not to irritate my irritable neighbour) and amplified through my shitty amp, singing done concurrently, and all recorded through the in-built mic on my laptop.
	pollystark.squarespace.com /blog/2006/2/11/new-song-i-thought.html (172 words)

	The Threepenny Opera (Eng. adaptation 1954)
		Macheath (Mack the Knife), notorious bandit and womanizer, runs afoul of Jonathan Peachum when he marries Peachum's daughter Polly in a ceremony of doubtful legality.
		Peachum's resolve to have Mack sent to the gallows is complicated by the fact that Mack's old army buddy is the chief of police, Tiger Brown.
		Peachum (contralto), Polly Peachum (soprano), Tiger Brown (baritone), Lucy Brown (mezzo), Jenny (mezzo), Smith, ensemble.
	www.kwf.org /pages/works/t4main.html (297 words)

	Tell us your fave PJ song lines - @forums
		I think I've heard polly saying something similar (was it during one of the steve lamacq's interviews?...) herself, when questioned about the meaning of certain songs/lines.
		I was a little disappointed when I've seen polly perform it (in the reeling video!) and, she did have almost no facial expression.
		and the songs retain a bit of mystery, at least for me; for example, even having listened to 'I Think I'm a Mother' hundreds of times, I still don't know what the hell that song is about..I have some idea, but it isn't obvious..that keeps the song interesting for me...
	www.atforumz.com /showthread.php?t=28954 (3344 words)

	Songwriters Of New York. Polly Porter - Song Writers, Music Writers & Free Song Lyrics
		She tends to do more of this stuff from home.
		Polly is about half poet and half song writer.
		Song lyrics for you to use with your music.
	www.songwritersofnewyork.com /polly_porter.html (137 words)

	Leo's Lyrics Database - Nirvana - Polly lyrics
		In here, there is somone who even made a list of things he hated people putting in the things, i think it was somone like nirvana 6, plz dont do that, people should feel free to express their feelings bout the song or w/e they want.
		04:03:13 AM This song is anti rape if you were wondering because it looks to me as all the idiots posting comments know nothing about Kurt, his music and any topic branching off.
		This is actually an ANTI-RAPE song Kurt wrote, not based on a real rape or having anything to do w/ an actual event (except that it was, well, rape) Then some girl (AFTER THE SONG WAS RELEASED) got gang raped and they played this song in the background.
	www.leoslyrics.com /listlyrics.php?hid=V8oHqgllAHc= (1223 words)

	Along Came Polly (2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Trivia: Reuben (Ben Stiller) writes a list to compare Polly (Jennifer Aniston) against Lisa (Debra Messing).
		This is found by Polly and leads to an argument.
		The story's not overly engaging, but for some reason Along Came Polly is fun.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0343135/combined (496 words)

	The Threepenny Opera, a CurtainUp Berkshire review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The performances of the four main female characters -- Melissa Errico as an adorably tough Polly Peachum, Randy Graff as her even tougher mother, Betty Buckley as the wise and world-weary hooker Jenny Diver and Karen Ziemba as yet another woman in the anti-hero Macheath's life.
		Buckley and Ziemba don't show up until the second act, but they are so well worth waiting for that the fact that the first act is too jumpy and slows down whenever the music stops is quickly forgotten.
		Also in Act two, there's Karen Ziemba's "Barbara Song" riff on men like Mack the Knife and her terrific and humorous "Jealousy Duet " with Errico.
	www.curtainup.com /3pennyopera.html (951 words)

	Pretty Polly latest news
		Mikey was helping us realize the structures of these news songs by filling in on bass at practice, but he has since left us to concentrate on his career as a school teacher.
		We are going to start working on some new songs and "score"-like material for a horror film from a filmmaker Steve and I both respect and admire a lot.
		We were batting around some new song ideas at practice last night, and there are some promising songs in the works.
	www.prettypollyweb.com /news.htm (6833 words)

	MySpace.com - new song online polly poison - BE - Rock / Punk / Rock - www.myspace.com/pollypoison
		our first own songs contain a lot of punkrock influences, the new songs however(although not yet recorded) have evolved, these rock songs contain rock, emotional and brit pop influences.
		new song* online* polly poison has 225 friends.
		Hey Polly Poison, als je niet weet wat doen kan je mijn dj skillz komen checken in Herentals.
	www.myspace.com /pollypoison (677 words)

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