Henry Lee

Henry Lee Lyrics

Song Henry Lee
Artist Various Artists
Album American Folk Music
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[00:01.29] "Get down, get down, little Henry Lee, and stay all night with me.
[00:12.71] The very best lodging I can afford will be fare better'n thee."
[00:22.60] "I can't get down, and I won't get down, and stay all night with thee,
[00:32.43] For the girl I have in that merry green land, I love far better'n thee."
[00:43.84] She leaned herself against a fence, just for a kiss or two;
[00:53.65] With a little pen-knife held in her hand, she plugged him through and through.
[01:03.37] "Come all you ladies in the town, a secret for me keep,
[01:13.36] With a diamond ring held on my hand I'll never will forsake."
[01:24.57] "Some take him by his lily-white hand, some take him by his feet.
[01:34.37] We'll throw him in this deep, deep well, more than one hundred feet.
[01:43.96] Lie there, lie there, loving Henry Lee, till the flesh drops from your bones.
[01:53.56] The girl you have in that merry green land still waits for your return."
[02:05.02] "Fly down, fly down, you little bird, and alight on my right knee.
[02:15.78] Your cage will be of purest gold, in deed of property."
[02:25.46] "I can't fly down, or I won't fly down, and alight on your right knee.
[02:35.07] A girl would murder her own true love would kill a little bird like me."
[02:46.57] "If I had my bend and bow, my arrow and my string,
[02:55.64] I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart your wobble would be in vain."
[03:05.94] "If you had your bend and bow, your arrow and your string,
[03:15.09] I'd fly away to the merry green land and tell what I have seen."
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