Henry Lee

Light down, light down, love Henry Lee
 And stay with me this night
 You will have my candle and coal
 My fire's burning bright
 My fire's burning bright
 I won't light down, I can't light down
 Nor stay all night with thee
 There's a lady ten times fairer than you
 In Lord Barnett's hall for me
 In Lord Barnett's hall for me
 He's leaned him o'er her soft pillow
 For to give her a kiss so sweet
 With her little pen-knife held keen and sharp
 She's wounded him full deep
 She's wounded him full deep
 I will light down, I must light down
 "I will come in", said he
 "There is no lady in Barnett's hall
 That I love more better than thee
 I love more better than thee"
 "O live, my love, Lord Henry", she said
 "For an hour or two or three
 And all these cards about my waist
 I'd freely give to thee
 I'd freely give to thee"
 All them cards about your waist
 They'd do no good to me
 Love, don't you see my own heart's blood
 Come twinkling at my knee
 Come twinkling at my knee
 She took him by his long yellow hair
 She dragged him by his feet
 She threw him down her cool draw-well
 Full fifty fathoms deep
 Full fifty fathoms deep
 Lie there, lie there, you Henry Lee
 I know you will not swim
 That lady ten times fairer than me
 She'll never see you again
 She'll never see you again
 Light down, light down, you pretty little bird
 Light down all on my knee
 No, a girl who'd murder her own true love
 Would kill a little bird like me
 Would kill a little bird like me
 I wished I had my bending bow
 My arrow and my string
 I'd shoot my dart so nigh your heart
 That you'd no longer sing
 You'd no longer sing
 I wished you had your bending bow
 Your arrow and your string
 I'd fly away to Barnett's hall
 You'd always hear me sing
 You'd always hear me sing