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There were three kings into the east	A
Three kings both great and high	B
An' they hae sworn a solemn oath	C
John Barleycorn should die	B
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They took a plough and ploughed him down	D
Put clods upon his head	E
An' they hae sworn a solemn oath	C
John Barleycorn was dead	E
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But the cheerfu' spring came kindly on	F
And show'rs began to fall	G
John Barleycorn got up again	H
And sore surprised them all	G
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The sultry suns of summer came	I
And he grew thick and strong	J
His head weel armed wi' pointed spears	K
That no one should him wrong	J
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The sober autumn entered mild	L
When he grew wan and pale	M
His bending joints and drooping head	E
Showed he began to fail	M
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His colour sickened more and more	N
He faded into age	O
And then his enemies began	P
To show their deadly rage	O
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They've ta'en a weapon long and sharp	Q
And cut him by the knee	R
Then tied him fast upon a cart	S
Like a rogue for forgerie	N
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They laid him down upon his back	T
And cudgelled him full sore	N
They hung him up before the storm	U
And turned him o'er and o'er	N
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They filled up a darksome pit	V
With water to the brim	W
They heaved in John Barleycorn	R
There let him sink or swim	W
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They laid him out upon the floor	N
To work him farther woe	X
And still as signs of life appeared	Y
They tossed him to and fro	X
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They wasted o'er a scorching flame	I
The marrow of his bones	Z
But a miller used him worst of all	G
For he crushed him 'tween two stones	Z
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And they hae ta'en his very heart's blood	A2
And drank it round and round	B2
And still the more and more they drank	C2
Their joy did more abound	B2
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John Barleycorn was a hero bold	D2
Of noble enterprise	E2
For if you do but taste his blood	A2
'Twill make your courage rise	E2
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'Twill make a man forget his woe	X
'Twill heighten all his joy	F2
'Twill make the widow's heart to sing	G2
Tho' the tear were in her eye	B
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Then let us toast John Barleycorn	R
Each man a glass in hand	H2
And may his great posterity	R
Ne'er fail in old Scotland	I2

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