Henry Lee aka Young Hunting

Get down get down little Henry Lee and stay all night with me

The very best lodging I can afford will be fare better'n thee

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'n thee

She leaned herself against a fence just for a kiss or two

With a little pen-knife held in her hand she plugged him through and through

Come all you ladies in the town a secret for me keep

With a diamond ring held on my hand I'll never will forsake

Some take him by his lily-white hand some take him by his feet

We'll throw him in this deep deep well more than one hundred feet

Lie there lie there loving Henry Lee till the flesh drops from your bones

The girl you have in that merry green land still waits for your return

Fly down fly down you little bird and alight on my right knee

Your cage will be of purest gold in deed of property

I can't fly down or I won't fly down and alight on your right knee

A girl would murder her own true love would kill a little bird like me

If I had my bend and bow my arrow and my string

I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart your wobble would be in vain

If you had your bend and bow your arrow and your string

I'd fly away to the merry green land and tell what I have seen