Henry Lee-Dick Justice/Preston Young

[ti:Henry Lee] [ar:Dick Justice] [al:American Folk Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Henry Lee - Dick Justice/Preston Young [00:01.66]"Get down get down little Henry Lee [00:06.79]And stay all night with me [00:10.52] [00:13.19]The very best lodging [00:15.55]I can afford will be fare better'n thee " [00:21.60] [00:23.08]"I can't get down and I won't get down [00:27.82]And stay all night with thee [00:31.50] [00:32.52]For the girl I have in that merry green land [00:37.61]I love far better'n thee " [00:42.13] [00:44.21]She leaned herself against a fence [00:48.83]Just for a kiss or two; [00:52.83] [00:53.98]With a little pen-knife held in her hand [00:58.88]She plugged him through and through [01:02.74] [01:03.54]"Come all you ladies in the town [01:08.44] [01:09.00]A secret for me keep [01:13.45]With a diamond ring held on my hand [01:18.57]I'll never will forsake " [01:23.43] [01:24.96]"Some take him by his lily-white hand [01:29.81]Some take him by his feet [01:33.61] [01:34.83]We'll throw him in this deep deep well [01:39.47]More than one hundred feet [01:43.25] [01:44.11]Lie there lie there loving Henry Lee [01:49.27]Till the flesh drops from your bones [01:53.02] [01:53.97]The girl you have in that merry green land [01:58.40] [01:58.97]Still waits for your return " [02:02.79] [02:05.29]"Fly down fly down you little bird [02:10.10]And alight on my right knee [02:13.68] [02:16.21]Your cage will be of purest gold [02:21.04]In deed of property " [02:24.86] [02:25.92]"I can't fly down or I won't fly down [02:30.10] [02:30.62]And alight on your right knee [02:34.45] [02:35.10]A girl would murder her own true love [02:40.23]Would kill a little bird like me " [02:44.10] [02:46.12]"If I had my bend and bow [02:51.23]My arrow and my string [02:54.83] [02:56.31]I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart your [03:01.39]Wobble would be in vain " [03:04.71] [03:05.97]"If you had your bend and bow [03:09.87] [03:10.39]Your arrow and your string [03:14.69] [03:15.41]I'd fly away to the merry green land [03:20.08]And tell what I have seen "