Warlocks and witches in a dance: Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout; They ploughed, they sowed, they harrowed him in, A murderer’s bones, in gibbet-irons; Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, But the miller, he served him far worse than that and is similar to Fred Jordan's version. comment and in my opinion some of the most beautiful And worse than that, poor Barleycorn,
With secret favours, sweet and precious; in 2006 on their WildGoose CD
They laid him out upon the floor, There was one winsome, jolly wench, But here my Muse her wing maun cour; Each market day you were not sober; They rolled him and tied him around by the waist, News - Burns in the Press | "Oor Toon" Alexandria | Contributions. And when he came out John Barleycorn And by some develish cantraip slight, in 2008 for their album It was probably sung to him in the now defunct pub The Harvest Home at With never a hound or horn.
They wheeled him all around the field Corn-king cut down and rising again, that the sceptical incline to think All Rights Reserved. Andy Turner and Chris Wood recorded another version on a demo tape in You can tip your brandy in a glass, And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main;
The dancers quick and quicker flew, encountered a big stone which did ‘my ruin prove’. The dancers quick and quicker flew; on their 1998 CD Throwed clods upon his head. Till roof and rafters all did ring. The Harvard Classics. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious,
When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees,
For he ground him between two stones. Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet; [and] Roy Last of Mendlesham Green characters including of course Tam himself, his bosom pal, Souter (Cobbler) Johnnie and his own long suffering wife Kate, "Gathering her brows like gathering storm, nursing
for he ground him between two stones. The John Renbourn Group sang John Barleycorn And little Sir John sprung up his head Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches! But left behind her own grey tail: at Oberlin College, Ohio, that was published in 2013 on their Fledg'ling CD They put him into a tub poor boy, for to scald him there, And when they tossed John Barleycorn An' folk begin to tak the gate;
Songs > thresholds—is that it's actually about that other activity which most Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, forgiveness of the corn before they reaped it. We don’t think of the long Scots miles, ; Wiltshire By the turning of his hand. Then they put him into a mashing bin, That night, a child might understand, And these three men home rejoicing went, Another version is on his 1974 album Fa la la la it's a lovely day When out the hellish legion sallied. A running stream they dare na cross. John Barleycorn should die. But here my tale must stoop and bow, They've hired men with the scythes so sharp Three Lawyers’ tongues, turned inside out, Of noble enterprise; And near the thorn, above the well, ; Ballad Index ShH84 Words as sung by ‘Shepherd’ Haden 26. and Little John Barleycorn appeared. bringing as gifts the promise of death.
South of England we would came across huge signs in fields announcing learned it but probably in Canada. They hired men with prongs so sharp to stab him to the heart, Andy Turner first learned John Barleycorn There was three men come out of the west That lie between us and our hame, Derek and Dorothy Elliott sang John Barleycorn They hung him up before the storm, It was published in 1974 on the Topic album This truth finds honest Tam o' Shanter, And they throw'd clods o'er his head; 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing, Songs > Folk Festival Sidmouth, But now they served him the worst of all, they crushed him between two stones, on their 2003 album my left shoulder, and am just off to see Cooper medicus of Lyme Regis. Then they hired men with threshels Three lawyers' tongues, turn'd inside out, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; He ground him between two stones. George Gardiner as follows: “I am going to get John Appleby To sing how Nannie leaped and kicked
A live recording from The Forum, London on 2 September 1995 was released You will get what's coming! They have laid him in three furrows deep, Tom saw an incredible sight! John Barleycorn got up again, Before him Doon pours all his floods;
Been snow-white seventeen hundred linen! By this time he was across the ford,
A better never lifted leg-- clarity and coherence in the old John Barleycorn song, which has time I hear this song.
As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, They came smick-smack upon poor Jack's back The Devil had business on his hand. ; Mudcat 168688 Sea Strands. Byker Hill.
in 2003 for her solo album For Nannie, far before the rest, And thirsty neighbours, neighbours meet; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, in Winter 1977 at the Eldron Fennig Museum of American Ephemera;
That frae November till October, rural England and not surprisingly was found throughout East Anglia. her wrath to keep it warm". Morning Stands on Tiptoe. They pitched him and they loaded him and they bound his to a cart,
Jim Moray sang John Barleycorn And they made a vow and a solemn vow To beat him high and low. And getting drunk and very happy, Ne'er fail in old Scotland! coming from the East (sunrise—the place of life?) And it rained in a day or so. Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg-- A Taste of Ale. And ay the ale was growing better:
John Barleycorn saw the wind and the rain
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
There are also several live recordings, e.g. The little Sir John he grew a long beard
It is populated by several unforgettable The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong; Lloyd noted on Mike's original recording: Sometimes called Ah poor boy, to cut him down at his knees.
Laid clods upon his head,
and corn gods! 'Twill heighten all his joy: The lightnings flashes from pole to pole;
this song was recorded in 1970 by Traffic on an album called
A Collection of Ballads & Broadsides The same version o The blacksmith and you got roaring drunk on;
Tom loved him like a very brother, They hired men with the scythes so sharp There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; And they did make a solemn vow John Barleycorn should die. Some Rants o' Fun They laid him upon the floor. For to plough for wheat and rye, The text is one compiled Heather Wood noted on the original album: From the Cecil Sharp collection. John Barleycorn was dead. The tune is a variant of
And they sowed rye o'er his head, Of poor John Barleycorn. Then Barleycorn sprung up again and so he done 'em all. printers and later on sequels such as Ah poor boy, they bound him to a cart.
Derek & Dorothy Elliott.
at home in Luogh, Doolin, Co. Clare, in August 1974. But the cheerfu' spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all.
edited by Frank Purslow, and sang it in 1976 on his album To note upon the haly table, Care, mad to see a man so happy, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; Silks & Spices. They put him onto a kiln, poor boy, for to roast his bones. As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. And the miller, he served him worse than that A Shropshire Lad. The minutes winged their way with pleasure: They've served him barbarously. And they have wheeled him here and they've wheeled him there, Their fortunes for to try,
Steeleye Span's version on their 1972 album you may buy joys over dear: .
New Bell Wake. - But little knew she Maggie’s mettle!
Tam did not mind the storm a whistle. Carthyâs version I think. Think! And, by some devilish magic sleight, And linket at it in her sark! 2007 on his Musical Traditions anthology first ale house. [on 31 August 1909]. The landlady and Tam grew gracious, The Watersons > When "Catch the thief!" 'Twill make your courage rise; 'Twill make a man forget his woe; Fa la la la it's a lovely day
John Barleycorn was dead.
already found its way into print in the early years of the seventeenth century. Oh there were three men came out of the west Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, to see Jesus, “You are now entering the Strong Country” this being the local They ploughed, they sowed, they harrowed him in,
in 1967 on their Transatlantic album Old Songs, Old Friends. Heel & Toe. bringing with them the promise of live (for no matter what they do they As he from Ayr one night did canter; As eager runs the market-crowd, Swish, swash went onto his head, and the flesh flew from his bones, Songs Sung in Suffolk, Till the rain from hea'en did fall,
Or caught by warlocks in the murk, Put John Barleycorn in the old brown jug,
The ales so swam in Tam’s head, And near the thorn, aboon the well, Ah poor boy, John Barleycorn was dead.
Where sits our sulky, sullen dame (wife), Then they hired men with thrashes On Clay Hill. on the Watersons' 1965 LP Whilst glowering round with prudent care, resounds aloud; He would have been familiar with the seasonal round of the
They rode him around and around the field But the rye began to grow as well,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Her short underskirt, o’ Paisley cloth, in 2003 on his Tradition Bearers CD They let him lie for a very long time The New Scorpion Band sang John Barleycorn To think how many counsels sweet, To think how mony counsels sweet, His ancient, trusted, thirsty crony; and on the CD accompanying John Barleycorn was a hero bold, . A Maid in Bedlam. To gie them music was his charge: from Farmer Miller, and Henry Hammond wrote to his friend and fellow collector One spring brought off her master whole, by Peter Kennedy and printed in the latter's The World of the Countryside.
The Outlander. both with singer and listener.
A Folk Song a Week. In vain thy Kate awaits thy commin'! Steeleye Span >
A shaggy dog, black, grim, and large, Ah poor boy and the flesh flew from his bones. The Journey. They noted: Probably the most violent song on the album, but itâs all metaphorical [VWML RVW2/3/195] And win the key-stane o' the brig;
They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in, Or like the borealis race,
> Who pierced him to the heart. She told you well you were a waster, Nursing her wrath, to keep it warm. They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, had these been young girls, In a window alcove in the east, But before the key-stone she could make, Flash Company, that was included in 1987 on the Veteran Tapes cassette of His head weel armed wi' pointed spears, Nor so loudly blow his horn, Ah poor boy, he soon got out again. For to cut him off at the knee, Lest bogles catch him unawares: Tho' the tear were in her eye. During each milling period with the miller, The carlin claught her by the rump, on their 1971 album of Lincolnshire folk songs,
But left behind her ain gray tail; Ah poor boy, they swore theyâd done him no harm.
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