Love Henry

Intro: 
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"Get down, get down Love Henry," she cried 
     D                   A 
"And stay all night with me 
  D                         G        D 
I have gold chains, and the finest I have 
       A               D           D 
I'll apply them all to thee." 
 

 
   D                    G          D 
"I can't get down and I shan't get down 
   D                   A 
Or stay all night with thee 
     D                     G      D 
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville 
  A                    D        D 
I love far better than thee." 
 

 
   D                   G         D 
He layed his head on a pillow of down 
D                   A 
Kisses she gave him three 
       D                    G           D 
With a penny knife that she held in her hand 
    A               D        D 
She murdered mortal he. 
 

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     D                   G           D 
"Get well, get well Love Henry," she cried 
     D                     A 
"Get well, get well," said she 
    D                    G       D 
"Oh don't you see my own heart's blood 
     A               D         D 
Come flowin' down so free ?" 
 

 
    D               G           D 
She took him by his long yellow hair 
    D           A 
And also by his feet 
    D                     G      D 
She plunged him into well water, where 
   A                  D        D 
It runs both cold and deep. 
 

 
     D                      G           D 
"Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she cried 
          D                   A 
"'Til the flesh rots off your bones 
     D                     G      D 
Some pretty little girl in Cornersville 
     A                D         D        D 
Will mourn for your return." 
 

Interlude: 
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      D               G            D 
"Hush up, hush up, my parrot," she cried 
       D               A 
"Don't tell no news on me 
         D             G        D 
Or these costly beads around my neck 
     A                 D         D 
I'll apply them all to thee." 
 

 
     D                     G          D 
"Fly down, fly down pretty bird," she cried 
     D                 A 
"And light on my right knee 
    D                           G           D 
The doors to your cage shall be decked with gold 
    A                D        D 
And hung on a willow tree." 
 

 
   D                 G     D 
"I won't fly down, I can't fly down 
    D                   A 
And light on your right knee 
  D                         G        D 
A girl who would murder her own true love 
      A                       D         D 
Would kill a little bird like me." 
 

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