Get down, get down, little ____ Lee
And stay all night with ____
You won't find a ____ in this damn world
That will compare with ____
La, la-la-la-la
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
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I can't get ____ and I won't get down
And stay all night with ____
For the girl I have in that merry green ____
I love fair better than ____
La, la-la-la-la
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
Well, she plugged him through and through
And the wind did roar
And the wind did moan
La, la-la-la-la
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Come take him by his lily-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep, deep well
That's more than 100 feet
And the wind did howl
And the wind did blow
La, la-la-la-la
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Lie there, lie there, little ____ Lee
'Til the flesh drops from your ____
For the girl you have in that merry green ____
Can wait forever for you to come ____
A little bird lit down on Henry ____
A little bird lit down on Henry ____
A little bird lit down on Henry ____
A little bird lit down on Henry ____
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