John Barleycorn-Traffic

[00:11.95]There were three men came out of the West [00:19.06]Their fortunes for to try [00:25.28]And these three men made a solemn vow: [00:32.27]John Barleycorn must die [00:38.55]They've ploughed they've sewn [00:41.12]They've harrowed him in [00:44.36]Threw clods at Barleys head [00:53.41]And these three men made a solemn vow [01:00.55]John Barleycorn was dead [01:30.48]They've let him lie for a very long time [01:37.44]Till the rains from heaven did fall [01:43.70]And little Sir John sprung up his head [01:50.74]And so amazed them all [01:57.08]They've let him stand till midsummers day [02:03.07]Till he looked both pale and worn [02:12.02]And little Sir Johns grown a long long beard [02:19.05]And so become a man [02:48.56]They've hired men with the scythes so sharp [02:55.31]To cut him off at the knee [03:01.61]They've rolled him and tied him by the waist [03:08.45]Serving him most barbarously [03:14.71]They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks [03:20.48]Who pricked him to the heart [03:29.11]And the loader he has served him worse than that [03:35.97]For hes bound him to the cart [04:04.75]They've wheeled him around and around the field [04:11.60]Till they came unto a barn [04:17.66]And there they made a solemn oath [04:24.45]On poor John Barleycorn [04:30.51]They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks [04:36.20]To cut him skin from bone [04:44.81]And the miller he has served him worse than that [04:51.56]For his ground him between two stones [05:20.22]And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl [05:26.87]And his brandy in the glass [05:31.77] [05:32.84]And little Sir John and the nut-brown bowl [05:39.58]Proved the strongest man at last [05:45.62]The huntsman he cant hunt the fox [05:50.88]Nor so loudly to blow his horn [05:59.63]And the tinker he can't mend kettle nor pots [06:06.90]Without a little Barleycorn