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John Barleycorn

They have laid him in three furrows deep

Laid clods upon his head

Then these three men made a solemn vow

John Barleycorn was dead, John Barleycorn was deadThey have let him lie for a very long time

Till the rain from heaven did fall

Then little Sir John sprang up his head

And he did amaze them all, he did amaze them allThey let him stand till the midsummer day

Till he looked both pale and wan

Then little Sir John he grew a long beard

And he so became a man, he so became a manFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh

Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Fa, la, la, la, lay, ohSo they have hired the men with the scythes so sharp

To cut him off at the knee

And they rolled him and they tied him around the waist

They've served him barbarously, they have served barbarouslyFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh

Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Singing fa, la, la, lay, ohAnd they have the hired men with the crab-tree sticks

To cut him skin from bone

And the miller he has served him worse than that

He's ground him between two stones, he's ground him between two stonesFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh

Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Singing fa, la, la, lay, ohAnd they have wheeled him here, and they have wheeled him there

They've wheeled him to a barn

And then they have served him worse than that

They've bunged him in a vat, they've bunged him in a vatFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh

Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Singing fa, la, la, lay, ohAnd so they worked their will on John Barleycorn

But he lived to tell the tale

Now we pour him out of an old brown jug

And they call him home brewed ale, they call him home brewed aleFa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Sing fa, la, la, lay, oh

Fa, la, la, la, it's a lovely day

Singing fa, la, la, lay, oh

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