John Barleycorn

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There were three men 
Who came out of the West 
Their fortunes for to try 
And these three men made a solemn vow 
John Barleycorn must die 
They plowed they sowed they harrowed him in 
Threw clod upon his head 
And these three men made a solemn vow 
John Barelycorn was dead 

The let him lie for a very long time 
Till the rains from heaven did fall 
And little Sir John sprung up his head 
And so amazed them all 
They let him lie 'til midsummer 
'Til he grew both pale and wan 
And little Sir John grew a long sharp beard 
And so became a man 

They hired men with a scythe so sharp 
To cut him off at the knee 
They rolled him and tied him around the waste 
And used him so barbarously 
They hired men with sharp pitchforks 
To pierce him to the heart 
And the loader he treated him 
Worse than that 
For he tied him onto a cart 

The wheeled him around and around the field 
'Til they came unto a barn 
And there they made a solemn mow 
Of poor John Barleycorn 
They hired men with crabtree sticks 
To rip him skin from bone 
And the miller he treated him worst of all 
For he ground him between two stones 

There's little Sir John in the nut brown bowl 
And brandy in the glass 
And little Sir John in the nut brown bowl 
Proved the stronger man at last 
And the huntsman he can't hunt the fox 
Or proudly blow his horn 
And the tinker can't mend his kettles or his pots 
Without a little of the barleycorn

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