[00:12.10]There were three men came out of the west
[00:19.16]their fortunes for to try
[00:25.43]And these three men made a solemn vow
[00:32.27]John Barleycorn must die
[00:38.64]They've plowed, they've sown
[00:41.69]they've harrowed him in
[00:44.47]Threw clods upon his head
[00:53.35]And these three men made a solemn vow
[01:00.64]John Barleycorn was dead
[01:09.50]
[01:30.33]They've let him lie for a very long time
[01:37.34]'til the rains from heaven did fall
[01:43.85]And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all
[01:56.95]They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day
[02:02.89]'til he looked both pale and wan
[02:11.85]And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man
[02:25.65]
[02:48.35]They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee
[03:01.32]They've rolled him and tied him by the way
[03:08.11]serving him most barbarously
[03:14.52]They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart
[03:28.89]And the loader he has served him worse than that
[03:35.68]For he's bound him to the cart
[03:42.15]
[04:04.29]They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came onto a pond
[04:17.23]And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn
[04:30.14]They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone
[04:44.24]And the miller he has served him worse than that
[04:51.10]For he's ground him between two stones
[04:58.02]
[05:19.54]And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass
[05:32.23]And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last
[05:45.14]The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn
[05:58.81]And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn