Henry Lee-Dick Justice/The North Carolina Ramblers

[ti:Henry Lee] [ar:Dick Justice] [al:On Top of Old Smokey, Legends of Folk Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Henry Lee - Dick Justice/The North Carolina Ramblers [00:01.71]"Get down get down [00:04.29]Little Henry Lee [00:05.55] [00:06.81]And stay all night with me [00:09.82] [00:13.15]The very best lodging [00:15.54]I can afford will be fare better'n thee " [00:21.65] [00:23.06]"I can't get down [00:25.54]And I won't get down [00:27.38] [00:28.02]And stay all night with thee [00:31.38] [00:32.92]For the girl I have in that merry green land [00:37.30] [00:37.93]I love far better'n thee " [00:41.05] [00:44.22]She leaned herself against a fence [00:48.50] [00:49.16]Just for a kiss or two; [00:52.15] [00:54.14]With a little pen-knife held in her hand [00:58.35] [00:58.98]She plugged him through and through [01:01.99] [01:04.02]"Come all you ladies in the town [01:08.56] [01:09.27]A secret for me keep [01:12.45] [01:13.92]With a diamond ring held on my [01:17.88]Hand I'll never will forsake " [01:22.10] [01:25.01]"Some take him by his lily-white hand [01:29.29] [01:29.91]Some take him by his feet [01:33.17] [01:34.88]We'll throw him in this deep deep well [01:39.07] [01:39.67]More than one hundred feet [01:42.99] [01:44.56]Lie there lie there loving Henry Lee [01:48.85] [01:49.38]Till the flesh drops from your bones [01:52.65] [01:54.52]The girl you have in that merry green [01:57.99]Land still waits for your return " [02:02.31] [02:05.25]"Fly down fly down you little bird [02:09.41] [02:10.10]And alight on my right knee [02:13.35] [02:16.19]Your cage will be of purest gold [02:20.51] [02:21.06]In deed of property " [02:23.78] [02:25.92]"I can't fly down or I won't fly down [02:30.19] [02:30.86]And alight on your right knee [02:34.40] [02:35.70]A girl would murder her own true [02:39.76]Love would kill a little bird like me " [02:43.62] [02:46.98]"If I had my bend and bow [02:50.75] [02:51.35]My arrow and my string [02:54.66] [02:56.34]I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart [03:00.61] [03:01.14]Your wobble would be in vain " [03:04.31] [03:06.42]"If you had your bend and bow [03:10.27] [03:10.81]Your arrow and your string [03:13.83] [03:15.60]I'd fly away to the merry green land [03:19.86] [03:20.39]And tell what I have seen "