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Henry Lee by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & PJ Harvey

Get down, (1)______ down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with (2)______
You won't find a girl in this damn world
That will compare with (3)______
And the wind (4)______ howl and the wind did blow
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird (5)______ down on Henry Lee

I can't get down and I won't (6)______ down
And stay all (7)__________ with thee
For the girl I have in that merry green land
I love far (8)____________ than thee
And the wind did howl and the wind (9)______ blow
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

She leaned herself against a fence
Just for a kiss or (10)________
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand
Well, she plugged him through and through
And the wind did roar and the (11)________ did moan
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

Come take him by his lilly-white (12)____________
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep (13)________ well
Is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the (14)________ did blow
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird (15)______ 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 (16)__________
Can wait forever for you to come home
And the wind did howl and the wind (17)______ moan
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird (18)______ down on Henry Lee
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little (19)________ lit down on Henry Lee
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird lit (20)________ on Henry Lee

Answers:
(1) get(2) me(3) me(4) did(5) lit(6) get(7) night(8) better(9) did(10) two(11) wind(12) hands(13) deep(14) wind(15) lit(16) land(17) did(18) lit(19) bird(20) down