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 lee   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 far better than thee   And the wind did howl and the wind did blow   La la la la la   La la la la lee   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   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 lee   A little bird lit down on henry lee   Come take him by his lilly-white hands   Come take him by his feet   And throw him in this deep deep well   Which is more than one hundred feet   And the wind did howl and the wind did blow   La la la la la   La la la la lee   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 lee   A little bird lit down on henry lee