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1	There were three men come out of the west,						There were three men come out of the west, their	1
2	Their fortunes for to try						fortunes for to try And these three men made a	2
3	And these three men made a solemn vow,						solemn vow, John Barleycorn would die They've	3
4	John Barleycorn would die.						ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed, thrown	4
5	They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed,						clods upon his head Till these three men were	5
6	Thrown clods upon his head						satisfied John Barleycorn was dead (Chorus)	6
7	Till these three men were satisfied						There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the	7
8	John Barleycorn was dead.						glass But little Sir John, with his nut-brown	8
9							bowl, proved the strongest man at last They've let	9
10	[Chorus]						him lie for a long long time till the rains from	10
11	there's beer all in the barrel						heaven did fall And little Sir John sprang up his	11
12	And brandy in the glass						head and so amazed them all They've let him stand	12
13	But little Sir John, with his nut-brown bowl,						till midsummer's day and he looks both pale and	13
14	Proved the strongest man at last.						wan Then little Sir John's grown a long long beard	14
15							and so become a man (Chorus) (Chorus) They've	15
16	They've let him lie for a long long time						hired men with the sharp-edged scythes to cut him	16
17	Till     the rains from heaven did fall						off at the knee They've rolled him and tied him	17
18	And little Sir John sprang up his head						around the waist, treated him most barbarously	18
19	Aand so amazed them all.						They've hired men with the sharp-edged forks to	19
20	They've let him stand till midsummer's day						prick      him to the heart And the loader has served	20
21	And he looks both pale and wan						him worse than that for he's bound him to the cart	21
1	Then little Sir John's grown a long long beard							1
2	And so become a man.							2
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4	[Chorus]							4
5								5
6	They've hired men with the sharp-edged scythes							6
7	To cut him off at the knee							7
8	They've rolled him and tied him around the waist,							8
9	Treated him most barbarously.							9
10	They've hired men with the sharp-edged forks							10
11	To prick him to the heart							11
12	And the loader has served him worse than that							12
13	for he's bound him to the cart							13
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	So they've wheeled him around and around the field						So they've wheeled him around and around the field
22	till they've come unto a barn						till they've come unto a barn And here they've	22
23	And here they've kept their solemn word						kept their solemn word concerning Barleycorn	23
24	Concerning Barleycorn.						They've hired men with the crabtree sticks to	24
25	They've hired men with            the crabtree sticks						split him skin from bone And the miller has served	25
26	to split him skin from bone						him worse than that for he's ground him between	26
27	And the miller has served him worse than that						two stones (Chorus) (Chorus) And the huntsman he	27
28	For he's ground him between two stones.						can't hunt the fox nor loudly blow his horn And	28
29							the tinker he can't mend his pots without John	29
30	[Chorus]						Barleycorn	30
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16	And the huntsman he can't hunt the fox							16
17	Nor loudly blow his horn							17
18	And the tinker he can't mend his pots							18
19	Without John Barleycorn							19

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