Released: June 26, 1975
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Bob Dylan The Band
Yes, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn
A-looking around just to see who was born
I spied 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”
Yes, I went down to the beanery at half past twelve
I’s lookin’ around, just to see myself
I looked high and low, and I looked up above
And who did I see but the one that I love
She said, “Now don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”
Yeah, I went down to the whorehouse the other night
A-looking’ around I was out of sight
I looked at a horse and I saw a mule
I looked for a cow and I saw me a few
They said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”
Yeah, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn
A-looking around just to see who was born
I saw a little chicken, a-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”
A-looking around just to see who was born
I spied 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”
Yes, I went down to the beanery at half past twelve
I’s lookin’ around, just to see myself
I looked high and low, and I looked up above
And who did I see but the one that I love
She said, “Now don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”
Yeah, I went down to the whorehouse the other night
A-looking’ around I was out of sight
I looked at a horse and I saw a mule
I looked for a cow and I saw me a few
They said, “Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Don’t ya tell Henry
Apple’s got your fly”
Yeah, I went down to the river on a Saturday morn
A-looking around just to see who was born
I saw a little chicken, a-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”
more tracks from the album
The Basement Tapes
- Tears of Rage
- Tiny Montgomery
- Don’t Ya Tell Henry
- Nothing Was Delivered
- Open the Door, Homer
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ain’t No More Cane
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)
- Odds and Ends
- Million Dollar Bash
- Goin’ to Acapulco
- Lo and Behold!
- Clothes Line Saga
- Apple Suckling Tree
- Please, Mrs. Henry
- Too Much of Nothing
- Ruben Remus
From the album
- The Basement Tapes (1975)
Bob Dylan & The Band popular songs
- You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
- This Wheel’s on Fire
- Tears of Rage
- Bessie Smith
- Long Distance Operator
- Ruben Remus
- Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)
- Katie’s Been Gone
- Yazoo Street Scandal
- Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) [Before the Flood]
- Lay Lady Lay [Before the Flood]
- Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 [Before the Flood]
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [Before the Flood]
- It Ain’t Me, Babe [Before the Flood]
- Ballad of a Thin Man [Before the Flood]
- I Shall Be Released [Before the Flood]
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right [Before the Flood]
- Just Like a Woman [Before the Flood]
- It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) [Before the Flood]
- All Along the Watchtower [Before the Flood]
- Highway 61 Revisited [Before the Flood]
- Like a Rolling Stone [Before the Flood]
- Blowin’ in the Wind [Before the Flood]
- Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)