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

Get down, get down, little Henry Lee
And stay all night with me
You won't find a (1)________ in this damn world
That will compare (2)________ me
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
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 (3)__________ green land
I love far (4)____________ than thee
And the wind did howl and the wind did 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 (5)________ 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 lee)
A little bird lit (6)________ on Henry Lee

Come take him by his lilly-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep deep well
Is more than one hundred feet
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee
Till the flesh drops from your bones
For the (7)________ you have in that merry green land
Can wait (8)______________ 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
(La la la la la)
(La la la la lee)
A (9)____________ bird lit 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 (10)____________ bird lit down on Henry Lee

Answers:
(1) girl(2) with(3) merry(4) better(5) kiss(6) down(7) girl(8) forever(9) little(10) little