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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Henry Lee (w/ PJ Harvey)
Album: Murder Ballads
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Released: 1996
Length: 3:52
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"Get down, get down, little Henry Lee,
And stay all night with me
You won't find a girl in this damn world
That will compare with me"
And the wind did howl, and the wind did blow
La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A 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 fair better than thee"
And the wind did howl, and the wind did blow
La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
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
La, la-la-la-li
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 one hundred feet —
And the wind did howl, and the wind did blow
La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A 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 to come home —
And the wind did howl, and the wind did moan
La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

La, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-li
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
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Painful. Two great voices manage to sound gotawful.
Posted 12 years ago by BlueHeronDruid    [ Reply ]
masterpiece...........:)
Posted 13 years ago by bordello    [ Reply ]
A masterpiece.
Posted 15 years ago by rtwingo    [ Reply ]

precious contribution of these great authors, resulted in full  -  

**  7  / 8 ``



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
I LOVE the Murder Ballards. This song is great and, yes Stagger Lee would get quiet the response here LOL! {#Lol}
My hubby even gets afraid when I put this album on.  I can't imagine why...
Posted 15 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
serinde wrote:
Not the best off Murder Ballads. What we really need here is dose of "The Curse of Millhaven".

Can you imagine the reponse if "Stagger Lee" or "O'Malley's Bar" got played on RP?


Posted 15 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
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 to come home And the wind did howl and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee This is not good
Posted 15 years ago by felix_the_man    [ Reply ]
Nice. Sounds a little like the Handsome family. Only better.
Posted 15 years ago by Manbird    [ Reply ]
Cave Harvey
Posted 16 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
This is a first listen for me. I like. Nice collaboration.
Posted 16 years ago by jptl    [ Reply ]
cool. Now if we get "Country Death Song" we're all set. *edit* No such luck.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
love it!
Posted 16 years ago by milchschnitte    [ Reply ]
beauty
Posted 16 years ago by zsoltzsolt    [ Reply ]
Great song from a great CD
Posted 16 years ago by bdwelch    [ Reply ]
I've heard other Nick Cave songs I like better; this one ain't doing much for me. He did write a great novel called "And the Ass Saw the Angel". Check it out if you like your fiction dark & disturbing.
Posted 16 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
La-la-lala lame ....
Posted 16 years ago by curufinwe    [ Reply ]
Sounding pretty Same-y.. hrmmm
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Bill! you're hittin hard today, brother! great song..
Posted 16 years ago by sugarbaby    [ Reply ]
inindian wrote:
D_mb. Now you 2 get together and figure out the missing letter
laughing at your own bad jokes on a message board goes beyond obnoxious.
Posted 16 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
R?
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
sandyeggo wrote:
oh good lourd this is lallalalalaabad. heh
dbm86698 wrote:
aaaahahahaha...Bill this is just bad....
D_mb. Now you 2 get together and figure out the missing letter
Posted 16 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
About 20 years ago, Henry Lee Summer had a hit on the radio. That got rather grating. I don't think I would have wished murder on him, though. Maybe his career is just dead.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Goddamn this is a great set! Except for the Barenaked Pansies. Nick Cave is the Master (now that Cash has left us).
Posted 16 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Brilliant album. One of my faves.
Posted 16 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
aaaahahahaha...Bill this is just bad....
Posted 16 years ago by dbm86698    [ Reply ]
This is great stuff. I love these murder ballads. Not exactly a toe-tapper though! c.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
lalalalalI HATERS go to Mainstream FM lalalala =o) Oscar
Posted 16 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
oh good lourd this is lallalalalaabad. heh
Posted 16 years ago by sandyeggo    [ Reply ]
there is a great video for this song on youtube
Posted 16 years ago by Bruceg    [ Reply ]
Not the best off Murder Ballads. What we really need here is dose of "The Curse of Millhaven".
Posted 16 years ago by serinde    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
Blech.
You're crazy. Murder ballads are beautifully creepy and this is a good one. I wouldn't want to hear them all day or anything, but once in a while is great.
Posted 16 years ago by accordionista    [ Reply ]
You're crazy. Murder ballads are beautifully creepy and this is a good one.
Posted 16 years ago by accordionista    [ Reply ]
Not a big PJ Harvey fan, but she gains cred by teaming up with the godlike Mr. Cave. Now if only the cover art didn't look like a cross between Thomas Kinkaide and Dr. Seusse!
Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Too bleak for me ...
Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
Blech.
Posted 16 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]