Love Henry- Kitchens (TX-AR) pre1938 Owens
[From Owens; Texas Folk Songs 1950.
R .Matteson 2014]
Loving Henry- Learned from his Arkansas grandmother, Mrs. Bernice Kitchens, Blossom TX 1938. Brought by her family when they traveled by oxcart to Texas.
1. "Come in, come in, loving Henry," she said,
And stay all night with me,
For it's been about three lonesome months,
Since I spoke a word with thee."
2. "I can't come in, Lady Margaret," he said,
And stay all night with thee,
For the girl that I've left on the Arkansas line
Thinks I'm a long time coming home."
3. As they stood out by the fence
A-taking kisses so sweet,
Lady Margaret had open knife within her hand
And she pierced him keen and deep.
4. "Go live, go live, loving Henry," she said,
"Go live for ever more,
For it's all those doctors we have within our town
Shall be brought here for your cure."
5. "How can I live, Lady Margaret," he said,
"How can I live any more
When my own heart's blood comes dribbling down
And my breath is growing slow?"
6. Some took him by his lily-white hand,
Some took him by his feet,
And they carried him down to the broad water's edge
And plunged him into the deep.
7. "Lie there, lie there, loving Henry," she said,
"Lie there for ever more,
For the girl that you left on the Arkansas line
Thinks you're a long time coming home."