Pete Seeger – Henry My Son (Guitar)

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Pete Seeger typically performed this a capella, so accompaniment can be as full or as sparse as you like. [Verse 1]
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Where have you been all the day, Henry my boy?

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Where have you been all the day, my pride and joy?

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In the woods, dear mother

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In the woods, dear mother

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die
[Verse 2]
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What did you do in the woods all day, Henry my son?

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What did you do in the woods all day, my pretty one?

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Ate, dear mother

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Ate, dear mother

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die
[Verse 3]
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What did you eat in the woods all day, Henry my boy?

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What did you eat in the woods all day, my saveloy?

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Eels, dear mother

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Eels, dear mother

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die
[Verse 4]
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What color was those eels, Henry my boy?

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What color was those eels, my pride and joy?

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Green and yeller

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Green and yeller

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die
[Verse 5]
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Those eels were snakes, Henry my boy

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Those eels were snakes, my saveloy

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Urgh, dear mother

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Urgh, dear mother

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die
[Verse 6]
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What color flowers would you like, Henry my son?

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What color flowers would you like, my currant bun?

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Green and yeller

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Green and yeller

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Mother be quick, I got to be sick and lay me down to die