Song Lyrics Fairport Convention - John Barleycorn    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> F>> Fairport Convention Singer Lyrics [Fairport Convention other resources]>> John Barleycorn Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Fairport Convention Music Title/Track: John Barleycorn Theme ID: 2083 Album: N/A There were three men come out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow, John Barleycorn would die They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed, thrown clods upon his head Till these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead (Chorus) There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass But little Sir John, with his nut-brown bowl, proved the strongest man at last They've let him lie for a long long time till the rains from heaven did fall And little Sir John sprang up his head and so amazed them all They've let him stand till midsummer's day and he looks both pale and wan Then little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man (Chorus) (Chorus) They've hired men with the sharp-edged scythes to cut him off at the knee They've rolled him and tied him around the waist, treated him most barbarously They've hired men with the sharp-edged forks to prick him to the heart And the loader has served him worse than that for he's bound him to the cart So they've wheeled him around and around the field till they've come unto a barn And here they've kept their solemn word concerning Barleycorn They've hired men with the crabtree sticks to split him skin from bone And the miller has served him worse than that for he's ground him between two stones (Chorus) (Chorus) And the huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor loudly blow his horn And the tinker he can't mend his pots without John Barleycorn Related Lyrics Random lyrics: No Mans Land, Nottamun Town, Now Be Thankful, One More Chance, One Sure Thing, Over The Next Hill, Part I, Part Ii, Part Iv, Part Iv The Sailors Alphabet, Part Ix, Part V, Part V John Lee, Part Vi, Part Vi Breakfast In Mayfair, Part Vii, Part Viii, Part X, Part Xi, Part Xi The Hanging Song, Percys Song, Pleasure and Pain, Polly on the Shore, Possibly Parsons Green, Restless, Reynard The Fox, Reynardine, Rising for the Moon, Rolling Minstrels, She Moves Through the Fair, Si Tu Dois Partir, Sickness & Diseases, Sir Patrick Spens, Sir William Gower, Sloth, Stranger to Himself, Sun Shade, Tale in Hard Time, Tam Lin, The Bonny Black Hare, The Deserter, The Hexhamshire Lass, The Journeymans Grace, The Journeymans Grace, The Lobster, The Summer Before The War, The Widow Of Westmorlands Daughter, Three Drunken Maidens, Time Will Show the Wiser, To Althea from Prison, Other Fairport Convention song Lyrics A Sailors Life Lyrics After Halloween Lyrics Angel Delight Lyrics Autopsy Lyrics The Banks Of Sweet Primroses Lyrics Big William Lyrics Book Song Lyrics Bring em Down Lyrics Bring Em Down Lyrics Cajun Woman Lyrics Chelsea Morning Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Fairweather Lyrics Fairyland Lyrics Fairytale Lyrics Faith Lyrics Faith And The Muse Lyrics Faith Blind Lyrics Faith Evans Lyrics Faith Evans F/ 112 Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Carl Thomas Lyrics Faith Evans F/ Mary J. Blige, LaTonya Blige, Gordon Chambers Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy