The Wooden Sky’s “The Late King Henry”

If this song doesn’t get your foot tapping, your hands clapping, and your voice at least a little bit sore, you may want to check your pulse.

“The Late King Henry,” a lovely singalong tune by Toronto’s The Wooden Sky, deftly blends folk, country, and indie rock to make a song about as fun as any I’ve heard in the past few months. Off of 2009′s If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone, “The Late King Henry” is a song that’ll cure any case of the winter blues… and make the case for being your next album purchase.

You can listen to the song for free at CBC Radio 3’s New Music Canada, and you can find more music by The Wooden Sky on iTunes, at CBC Radio 3, and at MySpace Music.

Well, we built this house on a web of lies
And when the walls fell in I came to realize
That if your love don’t leave you then you’re all right
And baby we’ve a-got it made

Well, the river rose up and came to me last night
And took the hat right off of my head
You said, Honey don’t you let it push you on your back
Because … forgot your (age ?)

Come on and save me
Take me to the river and bathe me
Just don’t let nobody else claim me, honey
Take me to the river and name me
Tell me that it’s all right

Well, the late King Henry came to me last night
Said you get your wings when you go straight
Well, no one on the river ever needed to fly
To lead their poor hearts astray

Come on and save me
Take me to the river and bathe me
Just don’t let nobody else claim me, honey
Take me to the river and change me
Tell me that it’s all right!

Yeah, tell me that it’s all right!