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