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