John Barleycorn
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X: 1 T: John Barleycorn C: Stan Rogers F: http://bassett-street-hounds.org/songs/john_barleycorn.php Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: G G/A/ \ | BD Dc/B/ (3AGA BD | EG GF E3 D \ | EG GF/E/ DG G>A |1 (3Bcd cB A3 :|2 (3Bcd BA G3 |] G \ | ee ed/c/ dd d>c | (3BAG GA B3 G \ | ee ed/c/ dd d>c | (3BAG cB A3 G/G/ | | BD Dc/B/ (3AGA BD | EG GF E3 D \ | EG GF/E/ DG G>A | (3Bcd BA G3 |] % W: John Barleycorn to the sea's gone down W: On a ship both bold and new W: The thirst to slake of Captain Drake W: And all his loyal crew W: To venture brave through wind and wave W: The Spaniard for to halt W: And though he die of Spanish grape W: He'll live as English malt. W: W: Chorus: W: So we'll strike him down and we'll bind him round W: And we'll serve him worse than that W: We'll grind his bones between two stones W: And we'll bung him in a vat W: Then we'll drink his health in nut brown ale W: And raise our glasses high W: For before that he can live again W: John Barleycorn must die. W: W: John Barleycorn to the courtin's gone W: All dressed in fine array W: In pewter clad from toe to head W: To win a lady gay W: The poetry that he declaims W: Will stand him in good stead W: For the ladies there do all declare W: They love it more than bread. W: W: John Barleycorn's to the hangman gone W: This tale I will unfold W: For robbing loyal Englishmen W: Of their silver and their gold W: In a grave unmarked by cross or stone W: John Barleycorn is lain W: 'Til summer's rains have come and gone W: And he rises up again.
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