John Barleycorn: A Ballad

began

to show their deadly rage.

they've taen a on, long and sharp,

and cut him by the knee;

then tied him fast upon a cart,

like a rogue for ferie.

they laid him down upon his back,

and cudgell'd him full sore;

they hung him up before the storm,

and turned him o'er and o'er.

they filled up a darksome pit

with water to the brim;

they heaved in john barley,

there let him sink or swim.

they laid him out upon the floor,

to work him farther woe;

and still, as signs of life appear'd,

they toss'd him to and fro.

they wasted, o'er a scorg flame,

the marrow of his bones;

but a miller us'd him worst of all,

for he crush'd him between two stones.

and they hae taen his very heart's blood,

and drank it r

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