Henry Lee Lyrics - Murder Ballads - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

"Get down, get down, little Henry Lee, 

And stay all night with me 

You won't find a girl in this damn world 

That will compare with me" 

And the wind did howl 

And the wind did blow 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

"I can't get down and I won't get down, 

And stay all night with thee, 

For the girl I have, in that merry green land, 

I love fair better than thee" 

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And the wind did howl 

And the wind did blow 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

She leaned herself against a fence, 

Just for a kiss or two, 

And with a little pen-knife held in her hand 

Well, she plugged him through and through — 

And the wind did roar 

And the wind did moan 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

Come take him by his lily-white hands, 

Come take him by his feet, 

And throw him in this deep, deep well 

That's more than one hundred feet — 

And the wind did howl 

And the wind did blow 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee, 

Till the flesh drops from your bones 

For the girl you have in that merry green land 

Can wait forever for you to come home — 

And the wind did howl 

And the wind did moan 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee 

La, la-la-la-la 

La, la-la-la-li 

A little bird lit down on Henry Lee