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John Barleycorn
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1.There were three men coming out of the west
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their fortunes for to try
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and these three men made a solemn vow
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John Barleycorn should die.
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They ploughed him in
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they harrowed him in
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threw clods all over his head.
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And these three men they swore and vowed:
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John Barleycorn was dead.
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2. They let him lie for a very long time
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till rain from heaven did fall.
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And little Sir John sprung up his head
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and so amazed them all.
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They let him stand till midsummer's day
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he looked both pale and wan.
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And little Sir John's grown a long long beard
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and so became a man.
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3. They hired men with the scythes so sharp
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to cut him off at knee.
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They rolled him and tied him 'round the waist
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and served him barbarously.
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Then they sent men with pitchforks strong
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to pierce him through the heart.
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And the loader served him worse than that
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for he's bound him to a cart.
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4. They hired men with crab-tree sticks
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to cut him skin from bone
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the miller served him worse than that
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and ground him between two stones.
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And little Sir John and the dark brown bowl
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and he's brandy in the glass
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and little Sir John and the dark brown bowl
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grew the strongest man at last.
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