Love Henry lyrics

`Get down, get down, Love Henry,` she cried,
`And stay all night with me.
I have gold chains, and the finest I have
I`ll apply them all to thee.`


`I can`t get down and I shan`t get down,
Or stay all night with thee.
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
I love far better than thee.`


He laid his head on a pillow of down.
Kisses she gave him three.
With a penny knife that she held in her hand
She murdered mortal he.


`Get well, get well, Love Henry, ` she cried,
`Get well, get well,` said she.
`Oh don`t you see my own heart`s blood
Come flowin` down so free?`


She took him by his long yellow hair,
And also by his feet.
She plunged him into well water, where
It runs both cold and deep.


`Lie there, lie there, Love Henry,` she cried,
`Til the flesh rots off your bones.
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
Will mourn for your return.`


`Hush up, hush up, my parrot,` she cried,
`Don`t tell no news on me,
Or these costly beads around my neck,
I`ll apply them all to thee.


`Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot,` she cried,
`And light on my right knee.
The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold
And hung on a willow tree.`


`I won`t fly down, I can`t fly down
And light on your right knee.
A girl who would murder her own true love
Would kill a little bird like me.`
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