Judy Henske - Love Henry

Taken from an old record - I was so surprised not to find this particular song online, but unfortunately have no clue where/when the recording has been taken.

The lyrics she sings are quite different to most other interpretations I've ever heard; so in my understanding, they're as follows:

'Come in, come in, my love Henry,
stay with me this night,
and you shall have both candle and coal,
my fire burning bright,
my fire burning bright.'

'Well I won't come in, I can't come in,
I won't come in at all.
There's a lady ten times fairer than you
waiting in Lord Barnet's hall.'

And then he bended over her snowwhite pillow,
give her a kiss so sweet;
she drew a pen-knife in her hand,
wounded him full deep,
she wounded him full deep.

And then she picked him up by his long, yellow hair,
also by his feet.
She threw him in her cool draw well
full 50 fathoms deep.

'Lie there, lie there, love Henry,' then she cried,
'I know you will not swim.
That lady ten times fairer than me
will never see you again,
she'll never see you again.'

'Fly down, fly down, you pretty little bird,
light upon my knee.'
'I know a girl who killed her own heart's love
might hurt a little bird like me.'

'If I had my arrow in my hand,
bow on a tuneful string;
I'd shoot a dart straight through your heart,
you'd no longer sing,
and you'd no longer sing!'

'Come in, come in, my love Henry,
stay with me this night.
And you shall have both candle and coal,
my fire burning bright,
my fire burning bright.'

Category:

Music

Tags:

• love
• henry

[wregerg1]

thanks for sharing if it were not for you then i would not be able to listen to her i was watching the  phil ochs there but for fortune and her name came up so i thought i would give a listen much thanks

[vanityfair713]

Yeah, I have the CD and I'm listening to it-- this is definitely higher.

[surlybabe]

Sure sounds a lot like Carolyn Hester, to me. And she used to record with Dylan, way, way back in the day.

[updisk123]

探してました。動画ありがとう。(o･ω´･o)ｂ

[forvee03]

the speed of the track is too fast.  She's singing in a higher pitch than the album was recorded

[dlr4767]

Not sped up - sorry folks. It's on her Album "Judy Henske". Giggles and all.

[Captainfacefirst]

sounds good despite, if you puritan dicks keep saying this isnt the actual version, for fuck's sake, please post it.

[Yehudittx]

@AdamHeilbrun I think it is her version but like the other commenter said, it's been sped up and turned her into a soprano.

[MichaelRennee]

Wow! This has an immense power to it! Well done. Very good interpretation!

I never heard this version before. Quite different from mine.

Bravisimo!!!!

[AdamHeilbrun]

Judy Henske did record this song. But this isn't it.