Song Name: | John Barleycorn | By: | British folk song, Traffic |
Posted By: | Turkey_Man | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2018-11-26 14:27:09 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | 56 6 6-5 -4 -4 -5 -5 6 -6
There were three men come out of the west 6-5 6 -5 -4 -4 -4 Their for-tunes for to try -66 6 6-5 -4 -4 5 -5 6 -6 And these three men made a sol-emn vow 6-5 6 6-5 -4 -4 -4 John Bar-ley-corn must die -45 -5 6 -6-7 7-6 -8 -8 -8 -8 They ploughed they sowed they har-rowed him in -6-7 7 7 -8 6 -6 Throwed clods u-pon his head -7-6 6 6-5 -4 -4 5 -5 6 -6 And these three men made a sol-emn vow 6-5 6 6-5 -4 -4 -4 John Bar-ley-corn was dead They�ve let him lie for a ve-ry long time Til the rains from hea-ven did fall And lit-tle Sir John sprung up his head And so am-azed them all They let him stand til mid-sum-mers day Til he looked both pale and wan And Lit-tle Sir John�s grown a long long beard And so be-came a man They�ve hired men with scythes so sharp To cut him off at the knee They rolled and tied him by the way Serv-ing him so bar-bar-ous-ly They�ve hired men with pitch-forks Who�ve prick-ed him in the heart And the load-er he has serv-ed him worse than that For he has bound him to the cart They-ve wheel-ed him a�-round and a-round a field Til they came on-to a pond And there they made a sol-emn oath On poor John Bar-ley-corn They hired men with crab-tree sticks To cut him skin from bone And the miller hhe has ser�ved him worse than that For he�s ground him be-tween two stones And lit-tle Sir John and the nut-brown bowl And his brand-y in the glass And lit-tle Sir John and the nut-brown bowl Proved the strong-est man at last The hunts-man he can�t hunt the fox Nor so loud-ly blow his horn And the tinker he can�t mend a ket-tle or pots With-out a lit-tle bar-ley-corn C |