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 the 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