Henry Lee

Get down get down little Henry Lee And stay all night with me The very best lodging I can afford Will be far better with thee I can't get down I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than thee She leaned herself against the fence Just for a kiss or two With a little pen knife held in her hand She plugged him through and through Come all you ladies in the town A secret for me keep With a diamond ring held on my hand I'll never will forsake Some take him by his lily white hand Some take him by his feet We'll throw him in this deep deep well More than one hundred feet Lie there lie there loving Henry Lee Till the flesh drops from your bones The girl you have in that merry green land Still waits for your return Fly down fly down you little bird And alight on my right knee Your cage will be the purest gold In deed of property I can't fly down I won't fly down And alight on your right knee A girl would murder her own true love Would kill a little bird like me If I had my bended bow My arrow and my sling I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart Your warble would be in vain If you had your bended bow Your arrow and your sling I'd fly away to the merry green land And tell what I have seen