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CHORUS. - With my &c.
And he became a man,
Then Barleycorn he got a beard,
And looked both pale and wan;
4. There he remained till midsummer,

CHORUS. - With my &c.
And so amazed them all,
Then Barleycorn sprung up his head,
Till rain from heaven did fall;
3. There he lay sleeping in the ground,

CHORUS. - With my &c.
John Barleycorn was dead,
And these three kings they swore and vowed,
With clods all over his head;
2. They ploughed him in, they harrowed him in,

CHORUS. - With my fol le diddle rite fol le day.
John Barleycorn should die,
They all did make a solemn vow,
Came from the North so high,
1. There were three kings came from the North,
CHORUS. - With my &c.
By the turning of your hand,
It will do more than any grain,
That ever was sown on land;
8. O! Barleycorns the choicest grain

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And ground him twixt two stones,
The miller served him worse than that,
And whipped him skin from bone;
7. They hir-ed men with crab-tree sticks,

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They bound him to a cart,
And like a dreadful tragedy,
To pierce him through the heart;
6. Then they sent men with pitchforks strong

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They served him barbarously,
And then poor little Barleycorn,
To cut him off at knee;
5. Then they sent men with scythes so sharp
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