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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, KING HENRY, MY SON?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, MY OWN PRETTY ONE?
I BEEN AT THE GREENWOOD, MAMA, MAKE MY BED SOON
I'M SICK TO MY HEART, AND I’LL DIE BEFORE NOON

WHO MET YOU THERE, KING HENRY, MY SON?
WHO MET YOU THERE, MY OWN PRETTY ONE?
I MET WITH MY LOVER, MAMA MAKE MY BED SOON
I'M SICK TO MY HEART, AND I’LL DIE BEFORE NOON

WHAT DID SHE GIVE YOU, KING HENRY, MY SON?
WHAT DID SHE GIVE YOU, MY OWN PRETTY ONE?
I'S FED CATFISH AND CORNBREAD, MAMA MAKE MY BED SOON
I'M SICK TO MY HEART, AND I’LL DIE BEFORE NOON

OH HELL, YOU ARE POISONED, KING HENRY, MY SON
OH HELL, YOU ARE POISONED, MY OWN PRETTY ONE
WAS THAT RATTLESNAKE WOMAN, MAMA MAKE MY BED SOON
I'M SICK TO MY HEART, AND I’LL DIE BEFORE NOON

WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE TO YOUR LOVER, MY SON?
WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE HER, MY OWN PRETTY ONE?
JUST A TALL TREE TO HANG FROM, MOTHER MAKE MY BED SOON
I'M SICK TO THE HEART, AND I’LL DIE BEFORE NOON

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from Holler: An Appalachian Tragedy (Original Workshop Recording), released July 12, 2014
Jillie Mae Eddy, Nate Houran, Nick Buonaiuto, Andrew Patterson, Sam Schuth

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The Harpers New Haven, Connecticut

The Harpers make music theater at the intersection of fine and folk art. We tell stories in active conversation with our audience and with the world around us. We strive to center marginalized perspectives; destigmatize mental illness, disability, and survival after sexual violence; to celebrate the spectrums of gender and sexuality; and to serve the New Haven community. ... more

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