John Barleycorn: A Ballad

ound and round;

and still the more and more they drank,

their joy did more abound.

john barley was a hero bold,

of erprise;

for if you do but taste his blood,

'twill make your ce rise.

'twill make a man fet his woe;

'twill heighten all his joy;

'twill make the widow's heart to sing,

tho' the tear were in her eye.

the us toast john barley,

each man a glass in hand;

and may his great posterity

ne'er fail in old scotland!