Words and Music by Bob Dylan (1993 Special Rider Music)
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Original version of Henry Lee. Nick's version is also available.
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"Get down, get down, Love Henry," she cried,
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"And stay all night with me.
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I have gold chains, and the finest I have
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I'll apply them all to thee."
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"I can't get down and I shan't get down,
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Or stay all night with thee.
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Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
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I love far better than thee."
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He laid his head on a pillow of down.
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Kisses she gave him three.
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With a penny knife that she held in her hand
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She murdered mortal he.
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"Get well, get well, Love Henry, " she cried,
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"Get well, get well," said she.
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"Oh don't you see my own heart's blood
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Come flowin' down so free?"
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She took him by his long yellow hair,
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And also by his feet.
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She plunged him into well water, where
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It runs both cold and deep.
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"Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she cried,
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"Til the flesh rots off your bones.
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Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
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Will mourn for your return."
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"Hush up, hush up, my parrot," she cried,
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"Don't tell no news on me,
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Or these costly beads around my neck,
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I'll apply them all to thee.
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"Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot," she cried,
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"And light on my right knee.
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The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold
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And hung on a willow tree."
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"I won't fly down, I can't fly down
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And light on your right knee.
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A girl who would murder her own true love
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Would kill a little bird like me."
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Love Henry
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| Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds |
