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"Get down, get down, Love Henry," she cried"And stay all night with meI have gold chains, and the finest I haveI'll apply them all to thee""I can't get down and I shan't get downOr stay all night with youThere’s a pretty little girl in CornersvilleI love far better than you."She layed his head on a pillow of downAnd kisses she gave him threeWith a penny knife that she held in her handShe murdered mortal he"Get well, get well, Love Henry, " she cried"Get well, get well," said she"Oh don't you see my own heart's bloodCome flowing down so free?"She took him by his long yellow hairAnd also at her kneeShe plunged him into well water, whereIt runs both cold and deep"Lie there, lie there, Love Henry," she criedLetras de canciones"Til the flesh rots off your bonesSome pretty little girl in CornersvilleWill mourn for your return""Hush up, hush up, my parrot," she cried“Don’t tell any tells on meOr these costly beads around my neckI'll apply them all to thee"I won't fly down, I can't fly downAnd light on your right kneeA girl who would murder her own true loveWould kill a little bird like me""Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot," she cried,"And light on my right kneeThe doors to your cage shall be decked with goldAnd hung on a willow tree""I won't fly down and I can't fly downAnd light on your right kneeA girl who would murder her own true loveWould kill a little bird like me" From Letras Mania