Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There were three men came out of the west,
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their fortunes for to try
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And these three men made
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a solemn vow
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John Barleycorn must die
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they've harrowed him in
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Threw clods upon his head
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And these three men made
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a solemn vow
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John Barleycorn was dead
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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They've let him lie for a very long time,
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'til the rains from heaven did fall
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And little Sir John sprung up his head and
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so amazed them all
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They've let him stand 'til midsummer's day
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'til he looked both pale and wan
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And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become
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a man
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They've hired men with their scythes so sharp
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to cut him off at the knee
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They've rolled him and tied him by the way,
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serving him most barbarously
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They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks
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who've pricked him to the heart
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And the loader he has served
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him worse than that
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For he's bound him to the cart
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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They've wheeled him around and around a
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field 'til they came onto a pond
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And there they made a solemn
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oath on poor John Barleycorn
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They've hired men with their crabtree
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sticks to cut him skin from bone
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And the miller he has served him
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worse than that
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between two stones
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Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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And little Sir John
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and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass
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And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
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proved the strongest man at last
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The huntsman he can't hunt the fox
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nor so loudly to blow his horn
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And the tinker he can't mend kettle or
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pot s without a little barleycorn
Outro 1
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