Get down, get down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with me 
You won't find a girl in this [bad word] world 
That [bad word] with me 
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow 
La la la la la 
La la la la lee 
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 
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 
little bird lit down on Henry Lee  [bad word] take him by his lilly-white hands [bad word] 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 
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 [bad word] home 
And the wind did howl and the wind did moan 
La la la la la 
La la la la lee 
little bird lit down on Henry Lee