John Barleycorn

Intro N.C. There were three men came from the west N.C. Their fortunes for to tell N.C. And the life of John Barleycorn as well Instrumental Verse They laid him in three furrows deep Laid clods upon his head Then these three man made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead John Barleycorn was dead Verse The let him die 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 all Verse And they 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 man Fa, 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, oh Verse They have hired men with the scythes so sharp To cut him off at the knee And they rolled him and tied him around the waist They served him barbarously They have served him barbarously Fa, 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, la, lay, oh Verse And they have hired men with the crab-tree sticks To cut him skin from bone And the miller he has served him worse than that He ground him between two stones He ground him between two stones Fa, 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, la, lay, oh Verse And they have wheeled him here, and they've wheeled him there They've wheeled him to a barn And they have a-served him a-worse than that They've bunged him in a vat They've a-bunged him in a vat Fa, 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, la, lay, oh Verse Well, they have worked their will on John Barleycorn But he lived to tell the tale For they pour him out of an old brown jug And they call him homebrewed ale They call him homebrewed ale Fa, 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, la, lay, oh Outro