Peggy Seeger - Henry Lee lyrics

Light down, light down, love Henry Lee And stay with me this night You will have my candle and coal My fire's burning bright My fire's burning bright I won't light down, I can't light down Nor stay all night with thee There's a lady ten times fairer than you In Lord Barnett's hall for me In Lord Barnett's hall for me He's leaned him o'er her soft pillow For to give her a kiss so sweet With her little pen-knife held keen and sharp She's wounded him full deep She's wounded him full deep I will light down, I must light down "I will come in", said he "There is no lady in Barnett's hall That I love more better than thee I love more better than thee" "O live, my love, Lord Henry", she said "For an hour or two or three And all these cards about my waist I'd freely give to thee I'd freely give to thee" All them cards about your waist They'd do no good to me Love, don't you see my own heart's blood Come twinkling at my knee Come twinkling at my knee She took him by his long yellow hair She dragged him by his feet She threw him down her cool draw-well Full fifty fathoms deep Full fifty fathoms deep Lie there, lie there, you Henry Lee I know you will not swim That lady ten times fairer than me She'll never see you again She'll never see you again Light down, light down, you pretty little bird Light down all on my knee No, a girl who'd murder her own true love Would k** a little bird like me Would k** a little bird like me I wished I had my bending bow My arrow and my string I'd shoot my dart so nigh your heart That you'd no longer sing You'd no longer sing I wished you had your bending bow Your arrow and your string I'd fly away to Barnett's hall You'd always hear me sing You'd always hear me sing