John Barleycorn
Hobbyhorse
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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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