Polly wouldn't listen to her mama   Polly wouldn't listen to her papa   She tried to make the swinging city scene   And now there's not a place that Polly hasn't been      Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna   Pretty, pretty Pollyanna   Pretty Polly Garter   Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home      Pretty Polly, dressed as jolly as can be   She's so darling, all the fellas do agree   And half a million people can't be wrong   Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home      Polly wrote a letter to her mama   Polly made confessions to her papa   Mummy's proud 'cause Polly's still in chains   She's happy now her baby's coming home again      Pretty Polly, she learned that life is just a game   She is sorry, she just had to break the chains   And Mama knows 'cause mama was the same   Oh, she's happy now her baby's coming home again      Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna   Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pollyanna, Pollyanna   Pretty Polly Garter      Oh, Polly, pretty, pretty Pollyanna   Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty Pollyanna, Pollyanna   Pretty Polly Garter   Oh, I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home