Henry Lee ~ Moonshine Jelly

Moonshine Jelly performing “Henry Lee“ Partly inspired by the arrangement of Crooked Still. “Young Hunting“ is a traditional folk song, Roud 47, catalogued by Francis James Child as Child Ballad number 68,[1] and has its origin in Scotland.[2] Like most traditional songs, numerous variants of the song exist worldwide, notably under the title of “Henry Lee“ and “Love Henry“ in the United States[3] and “Earl Richard“ and sometimes “The Proud Girl“ in the United Kingdom. The song, which can be traced back as far as the 18th century, narrates the tale of the eponymous protagonist, Young Hunting, who tells a woman, who may have borne him a child, that he is in love with another, more beautiful woman. Despite this, she persuades him to drink until he is drunk, then to come to her bedroom, or at least kiss her farewell. The woman then stabs him to death. She throws his body in the river — sometimes with the help of one of the other women of