Fairport Convention - John Barleycorn (Live) Lyrics

Lyrics John Barleycorn (Live) - Fairport Convention



There were three men come out of the west, their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn would die
They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed, thrown clods upon his head
Till these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead
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There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass
But little Sir John, with his nut-brown bowl, proved the strongest man at last
They've let him lie for a long long time till the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprang up his head and so amazed them all
They've let him stand till midsummer's day and he looks both pale and wan
Then little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man
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They've hired men with the sharp-edged scythes to cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him around the waist, treated him most barbarously
They've hired men with the sharp-edged forks to prick him to the heart
And the loader has served him worse than that for he's bound him to the cart
So they've wheeled him around and around the field till they've come unto a barn
And here they've kept their solemn word concerning Barleycorn
They've hired men with the crabtree sticks to split him skin from bone
And the miller has served him worse than that for he's ground him between two stones
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And the huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor loudly blow his horn
And the tinker he can't mend his pots without John Barleycorn



Writer(s): TRADITIONAL, ANDERSON IAN SCOTT


Fairport Convention - Cropredy
Album Cropredy
date of release
01-08-2013

1 Genesis Hall (Live)
2 Intro (Live)
3 Wings (Live)
4 Jack O' Diamonds (Live)
5 Time Will Show the Wiser (Live)
6 Mr. Lacy (Live)
7 Suzanne (Live)
8 Million Dollar Bash (Live)
9 Come All Ye (Live)
10 Reynardine (Live)
11 Matty Groves - Live
12 Danny Boy (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
13 Intro (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
14 Walk Awhile (Live)
15 Now Be Thankful (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
16 Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (Live)
17 Angel Delight (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
18 Rain (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
19 Cut Across Shorty (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
20 Sloth - Live
21 Rosie (Live at The Cropredy Festival, 1997)
22 Solo (Live)
23 John Barleycorn (Live)
24 Wat Tyler (Live)
25 Red and Gold (Live)
26 Jewel In the Crown (Live)
27 Woodworm Swing (Live)
28 John Gaudie (Medley): John Gaudie / Jack Broke Da Prison Door / Donald Blue / The Bonny Isle O' Whalsay / John Gaudie (Live)
29 Fiddlestix - Live
30 Dirty Linen - Live
31 Si Tu Dois Partir (Live)
32 Meet on the Ledge (Live)
33 Seventeen Come Sunday (Live)
34 April Fool (Live)




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