{"id":3450,"date":"2017-12-30T22:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/?page_id=3450"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T20:09:26","slug":"pollys-song","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/scotty-the-skeptics\/pollys-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Polly&#8217;s Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"style6\" align=\"justify\">Unlike many of the songs here, there is nothing remotely satirical about this one. In 1993, I was living in Petaluma, California, during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murder_of_Polly_Klaas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polly Klaas kidnapping ordeal<\/a> that gripped the nation. I and everyone around me experienced the tragedy and the frenzied two-month media circus up close and personal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Unknown-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Unknown-1.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Unknown-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"style6\" align=\"justify\">This is by far the hardest song I ever wrote. It was written the night we learned for certain Polly wasn&#8217;t coming home. The lead singer is my little buddy and a housemate from that time, Trisha, who had just started junior high and who sat next to Polly in seventh grade history class the same day she was taken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Polly&#8217;s Song<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3450-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pollys-Song.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pollys-Song.mp3\">https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pollys-Song.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Trisha Stretch lead singer; Keith Allen, guitar and vocals; Blair Hardman, bass guitar and engineer; Rebecca Sutherland, vocals; Anastaia Terris, vocals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LjTyuIyaeyY\">2018 Update<\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is my acoustic version 25 years later.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LjTyuIyaeyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Polly&#8217;s Song <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by Scotty and the Skeptics<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a9 1993 Skeptico Music &#8211; BMI<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the hands of God<br \/>\nIn the hands of God<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where our sweet Polly is<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s in the hands of God<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Polly touched the heart of Petaluma<br \/>\nThe town will never be the same<br \/>\nShe brought us all together<br \/>\nBut now Polly has gone away<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The whole world came to know Polly<br \/>\nHer big smile and those rosy cheeks<br \/>\nShe was born to be an actress<br \/>\nBut she didn&#8217;t have time for her dreams<br \/>\nNo she didn&#8217;t have time for her dreams<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the hands of God<br \/>\nIn the hands of God<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where our sweet Polly is<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s in the hands of God<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Most of us never knew Polly<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll remember her all our days<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll always be our angel<br \/>\nThe winged horse in her sixth grade play<br \/>\nAnd Polly dancing all around the stage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the hands of God<br \/>\nIn the hands of God<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where dear sweet Polly is<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s in the hands of God<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike many of the songs here, there is nothing remotely satirical about this one. In 1993, I was living in Petaluma, California, during the Polly Klaas kidnapping ordeal that gripped the nation. I and everyone around me experienced the tragedy and the frenzied two-month media circus up close and personal. This is by far the<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/scotty-the-skeptics\/pollys-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":257,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","author-scottadmin","post-3450","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3450"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4218,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3450\/revisions\/4218"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}