《John Barleycorn》歌词

[00:00:00] John Barleycorn - Fairport Convention (公平港口大会)

[00:00:08] There were three men come out of the west

[00:00:12] Their fortunes for to try

[00:00:16] And these three men made a solemn vow

[00:00:20] John Barleycorn would die

[00:00:24] They've ploughed they've sown

[00:00:27] They've harrowed thrown clods upon his head

[00:00:33] Till these three men were satisfied John Barleycorn was dead

[00:00:41] There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass

[00:00:50] But little Sir John with his nut-brown bowl

[00:00:54] Proved the strongest man at last

[00:00:58] They've let him lie for a long long time till

[00:01:02] The rains from heaven did fall

[00:01:06] And little Sir John sprang up his head and so amazed them all

[00:01:15] They've let him stand till midsummer's day

[00:01:19] And he looks both pale and wan

[00:01:23] Then little Sir John's grown a long long beard

[00:01:27] And so become a man

[00:01:31] There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass

[00:01:40] But little Sir John with his nut-brown bowl

[00:01:44] Proved the strongest man at last

[00:01:48] There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass

[00:01:57] But little Sir John with his nut-brown bowl

[00:02:01] Proved the strongest man at last

[00:02:38] They've hired men with

[00:02:40] The sharp-edged scythes to cut him off at the knee

[00:02:46] They've rolled him and tied him around the waist

[00:02:50] Treated him most barbarously

[00:02:54] They've hired men with the sharp-edged forks to

[00:02:59] Prick him to the heart

[00:03:02] And the loader has served him worse than

[00:03:06] That for he's bound him to the cart

[00:03:11] So they've wheeled him around

[00:03:13] And around the field till they've come unto a barn

[00:03:19] And here they've kept their solemn word concerning Barleycorn

[00:03:27] They've hired men with

[00:03:30] The crabtree sticks to split him skin from bone

[00:03:36] And the miller has served him worse than

[00:03:39] That for he's ground him between two stones

[00:03:45] There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass

[00:03:54] But little Sir John with his nut-brown bowl

[00:03:58] Proved the strongest man at last

[00:04:02] There's beer all in the barrel and brandy in the glass

[00:04:10] But little Sir John with his nut-brown bowl

[00:04:14] Proved the strongest man at last

[00:04:18] And the huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor loudly blow his horn

[00:04:27] And the tinker he can't mend his pots without John Barleycorn