John Barleycorn
There were three men came from the west
Their fortunes for to tell
And the life of John Barleycorn as well
They've laid him in three furrows deep
Laid clods upon his head
Then these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead
John Barleycorn was dead
They let him lie for a very long time
Till the rain from heaven did fall
Then little Sir John jumped up his head
And he did amaze them all
He did amaze them all
They let him stand till the midsummer's day
Till he looked both pale and wan
Then little Sir John he grew a long beard
And he so became a man
He so became a man
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
So they have hired men with the scythes so sharp
To cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him around the waist
They've served him barbarously
They've served him barbarously
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
They have hired men with the crab-tree sticks
To cut him skin from bone
The miller he has served him a-worse than that
He's ground him between two stones
He's ground him between two stones
And they've wheeled him here
And they've wheeled him there
They've wheeled him to a barn
And then they have served him a-worse than that
They've bunged him in a vat
They've bunged him in a vat
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Well they've worked their will on John Barleycorn
But he lived to tell the tale
For they pour him out of an old brown jug
And they call him home brewed ale
They call him home brewed ale
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Their fortunes for to tell
And the life of John Barleycorn as well
They've laid him in three furrows deep
Laid clods upon his head
Then these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead
John Barleycorn was dead
They let him lie for a very long time
Till the rain from heaven did fall
Then little Sir John jumped up his head
And he did amaze them all
He did amaze them all
They let him stand till the midsummer's day
Till he looked both pale and wan
Then little Sir John he grew a long beard
And he so became a man
He so became a man
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
So they have hired men with the scythes so sharp
To cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him around the waist
They've served him barbarously
They've served him barbarously
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
They have hired men with the crab-tree sticks
To cut him skin from bone
The miller he has served him a-worse than that
He's ground him between two stones
He's ground him between two stones
And they've wheeled him here
And they've wheeled him there
They've wheeled him to a barn
And then they have served him a-worse than that
They've bunged him in a vat
They've bunged him in a vat
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Well they've worked their will on John Barleycorn
But he lived to tell the tale
For they pour him out of an old brown jug
And they call him home brewed ale
They call him home brewed ale
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
Fal la la la, it's a lovely day
Singing fal la la, lay-o
Fal la la, fal la la
It's a lovely day
Singing fal la la la, lay-o
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