I've been singing Love Henry (Young Hunting) recently, and had a poke around on mudcat to have a look at some alternative lines and lyrics (as there always are!) and it seems the version I sing is completely different as she has a bed (!) not gold chairs/chains, Henry decides to stay the night, but she pushes him down a well anyway and the parrot is hung in a willow tree! I've had to cut a few verses, as I sing quite a slow version and 9 verses would go on quite a while!! Here is the version I know...

Light you down, light you down, love Henry, she said,
And stay all night with me,
For I have a bed and a fireside,
And a candle burning bright.

I won't get down, nor I can't get down,
And stay all night with thee,
For that little girl in the old Declarn,
Would think so hard of me.

But he slided down from his saddle skirts,
For to kiss her snowy white cheek,
She had a sharp knife in her hand,
nd she plunged it in him deep.

I will get down and I can get down,
And stay all night with thee,
For there's no girl in the old Declarn,
That I love better than thee.

Must I ride to the East, must I ride to the West,
Or anywhere under the sun,
To get some good and clever doctor,
For to cure this wounded man.

Neither ride to the East, neither ride to the West,
Now nowhere under the sun,
For there's no man but God's own hand,
an cure this wounded man.

She took him by the long yellow locks,
And also round the feet,
She plunged him in the doleful well,
Some sixty fathoms deep.

And as she turned around to go home,
She heard some pretty bird sing,
Go home, go home, you cruel girl,
Lament and mourn for him.

Fly down, fly down, pretty parrot she said,
Fly down and go home with me,
Your cage shall be decked with beads of gold,
And hung in the willow tree.


I have to admint, before I read this thread, the parrot concept completely confused me, as in my version there's no hint of it A.seeing the murder or B.threatening to tell, so it all seemed a bit random!!