John Barleycorn (Must Die)-Traffic

[00:12.10]There were three men came out of the west [00:19.16]their fortunes for to try [00:25.43]And these three men made a solemn vow [00:32.27]John Barleycorn must die [00:38.64]They've plowed, they've sown [00:41.69]they've harrowed him in [00:44.47]Threw clods upon his head [00:53.35]And these three men made a solemn vow [01:00.64]John Barleycorn was dead [01:09.50] [01:30.33]They've let him lie for a very long time [01:37.34]'til the rains from heaven did fall [01:43.85]And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all [01:56.95]They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day [02:02.89]'til he looked both pale and wan [02:11.85]And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man [02:25.65] [02:48.35]They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee [03:01.32]They've rolled him and tied him by the way [03:08.11]serving him most barbarously [03:14.52]They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart [03:28.89]And the loader he has served him worse than that [03:35.68]For he's bound him to the cart [03:42.15] [04:04.29]They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came onto a pond [04:17.23]And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn [04:30.14]They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone [04:44.24]And the miller he has served him worse than that [04:51.10]For he's ground him between two stones [04:58.02] [05:19.54]And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass [05:32.23]And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last [05:45.14]The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn [05:58.81]And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn