"Pretty Polly"

I realized to-day that there are some features in the title phrase of "Pretty Polly" that illustrate this prettiness from a linguistic point of view.  The two words alliterate; they have the same number of syllables, so there's a balance; and they rhyme.

"Pretty Polly"

In the first "There used to be a gambler who courted all around" in "Pretty Polly" (an-other bonus track on the CD re-issue of Sweetheart of the Rodeo), the three syllables of "all around" are each sung to a different pitch (C Bb G), musically giving a sense of breadth.

"Down into the valley" and "Down into the grave" are both sung to descending phrases (D D C Bb G F and D D C Bb G respectively), musically giving a sense of the "down into"s.