1. "Get downget downLove Henry" she cried.
"And stay all night with me.
I have gold chainsand the finest I have
I ll apply them all to thee."
2. "I can t get down and I shan t get down
Or stay all night with thee.
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
I love far better than thee."
3. He layed his head on a pillow of down.
Kisses she gave him three.
With a penny knife that she held in her hand
She murdered mortal he.
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4. "Get wellget wellLove Henry" She cried
"Get wellget well" said she.
"Oh don t you see my own heart s blood
Come flowin down so free?"
5. She took him by his long yellow hair
And also by his feet.
She plunged him into well waterwhere
It runs both cold and deep.
6. "Lie therelie thereLove Henry" she cried
"Til the flesh rots off your bones.
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville
Will mourn for your return."
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7. "Hush uphush upmy parrot" she cried
"And light on my right knee.
The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold
And hung on a willow tree."
9. "I won t fly downI can t fly down
And light on your right knee.
A girl who would murder her own true love
Would kill a little birdlike me."
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