Lyrics to
Don’t Ya Tell Henry

This version of Don’T Ya Tell Henry was released by Bob Dylan in 1975.

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Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly.

I went down to the river on a saturday morn
A-lookin’ around just to see who’s born
I found a little chicken down on his knees
I went up and yelled to him
“Please, please, please”
He said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”.

I went down to the corner at a-half past ten
I’s lookin’ around, I wouldn’t say when
I looked down low, I looked above
And who did I see but the one I love
She said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”.

Now, I went down to the beanery at half past twelve
A-lookin’ around just to see myself
I spotted a horse and a donkey too
I looked for a cow and I saw me a few
The said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”.

Now, I went down to the pumphouse the other night
A-lookin around, it was outa sight
I looked high and low for that big ol’ tree
I did go upstairs but I didn’t see nobody but me
I said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”.

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You can understand the lyrics to Don’T Ya Tell Henry if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Don’T Ya Tell Henry" means the words set to the music of Don’T Ya Tell Henry, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Don’T Ya Tell Henry and the lyrics to Don’T Ya Tell Henry are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Ya Tell Henry, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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