The Ballad of Henry Darger - Natalie Merchant

Who’ll save the poor little girl?

Henry Darger

Who’ll save the poor little girl?

O, Henry

Who’ll tell the story of her?

Henry Darger

Who’ll tell it all to the world?

O, Henry

Who’ll buy the carbon paper now?

Henry Darger

Who’ll trace the lines of her mouth?

O, Henry

Who will conquer foreign worlds

Searching for the stolen girls?

Princesses you’ll never fear

The patron saint of girls is here!

Who will draw the cavalry in

Risk his very own precious skin

To make our Angelina a free and peaceful land again?

Henry

Who’ll love a poor orphan child?

Henry Darger

Lost, growing savage and wild?

O, Henry