Murder Ballads Quotes

“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.
And the wind did howl... and the wind did moan...”
― Nick Cave, Murder Ballads

“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
And the wind did howl and the wind did blow
La la la la la
La la la la lee
A little bird lit down on Henry Lee...”
― Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Murder Ballads

“I went down to my baby's house
And I sat down on the step
Said 2,000 years of Christian history, baby
And you ain't learned to love me yet?”
― Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Group), Murder Ballads