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Version 1

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X:1
T:Henry Lee
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
N:Love
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M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
z2 B/2c/2 | "G"(d B) d | "C"d/2 e3/2 f/2e/2 | "G"(d e) d |  
w:Get - down - get down - lit-tle Hen -ry 
G2 B | (B d) e/2d/2 | "D"(A B) G/2A/2 | "G"G2 z | 
w:Lee And stay - all - night - with - me
z2 B/2c/2 | d B B/2d/2 | "C"e2 g/2e/2 | "G"d2 e/2d/2 | 
w:The - ver-y best - lod-ging I can af -
G2 B/2c/2 | c/2 d3/2 e/2d/2 | "D"B2 B/2A/2 | "G"G2 z | 
w:ford will - be - fare - bet-ter'n - thee.
z2 e | "C"c2 c | f/2 g3/2 f/2e/2 | "G"d2 e/2d/2 | 
w:I can't get down - and I won't get - 
G2 e | "C"c2 e | (g f) e | d2 z | 
w:down and stay all night - with thee
z2 e/2d/2 | "C"c2 c | g f e | "G"c/2d/2 e e/2d/2 | 
w:For the girl I have in that mer -ry green - 
G2 A/2B/2 | d2 e/2d/2 | "D"B2 (B/2A/2) | "G"G2 ||
w:land I - love far - bet-ter'n - thee.
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W:1
W:"Get down, get down, little Henry Lee, and stay all night with me.
W:The very best lodging I can afford will be fare better'n thee."
W:"I can't get down, and I won't get down, and stay all night with thee,
W:For the girl I have in that merry green land, I love far better'n thee."
W:
W:2
W:She leaned herself against a fence, just for a kiss or two;
W:With a little pen-knife held in her hand, she plugged him through and through.
W:"Come all you ladies in the town, a secret for me keep,
W:With a diamond ring held on my hand I'll never will forsake."
W:
W:3
W:"Some take him by his lily-white hand, some take him by his feet.
W:We'll throw him in this deep, deep well, more than one hundred feet.
W:Lie there, lie there, loving Henry Lee, till the flesh drops from your bones.
W:The girl you have in that merry green land still waits for your return."
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W:4
W:"Fly down, fly down, you little bird, and alight on my right knee.
W:Your cage will be of purest gold, in deed of property."
W:"I can't fly down, or I won't fly down, and alight on your right knee.
W:A girl would murder her own true love would kill a little bird like me."
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W:5
W:"W:If I had my bend and bow, my arrow and my string,
W:I'd pierce a dart so nigh your heart your wobble would be in vain."
W:"If you had your bend and bow, your arrow and your string,
W:I'd fly away to the merry green land and tell what I have seen."
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