Henry Lee

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & PJ Harvey * Track #3 On Murder Ballads

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Album Murder Ballads

ALBUM

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

1996

Henry Lee by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. PJ Harvey)

Release Date

Mon Feb 05 1996

Performed by

Nick Cave & The Bad SeedsPJ Harvey

Produced by

Tony Cohen & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Victor Van Vugt

Writed by

Nick Cave & Traditional

About

Track #3 from Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds‘ ninth studio album Murder Ballads.

Sung as a duet with English musician PJ Harvey, “Henry Lee” is a reworking of the traditional folk song “Young Hunting”, known in some variants as “Love Henry”.

During the making of the sexually-charged video, Cave and H...

Henry Lee Lyrics

[Verse 1: PJ Harvey]
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

[Pre-Chorus: PJ Harvey & Nick Cave]
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow

[Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

[Verse 2: Nick Cave]
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 far better than thee

[Pre-Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow

[Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

[Verse 3: Nick Cave]
She leaned herself against a fence
Just for a kiss or two
And with a little pen-knife held in her hand
She plugged him through and through

[Pre-Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
And the wind did roar and the wind did moan

[Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

[Verse 4: PJ Harvey]
Come take him by his lily-white hands
Come take him by his feet
And throw him in this deep deep well
Which is more than one hundred feet

[Pre-Chorus: PJ Harvey & Nick Cave]
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow

[Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee

[Verse 5: PJ Harvey]
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

[Pre-Chorus: PJ Harvey & Nick Cave]
And the wind did howl and the wind did moan

[Chorus: Nick Cave & PJ Harvey]
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 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 little bird lit down on Henry Lee

Henry Lee Q&A

Who wrote Henry Lee's ?

Henry Lee was written by Nick Cave & Traditional.

Who produced Henry Lee's ?

Henry Lee was produced by Tony Cohen & Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Victor Van Vugt.