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<DATE>2008-11-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B080930.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<STC T="W">p2556g-variant</STC>
<BIBNO T="oclc">47012610</BIBNO>
<VID>174550</VID>
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<HEAD>A Plea&s;ant new Ballad, to &s;ing Evening and Morn, Of the bloody Murder of S<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r <HI>John Barlycorn,</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>The tune is, <HI>Shall I lye beyond thee.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
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<LG>
<L>AS I went through the <HI>North</HI> Coun|try</L>
<L>I heard a merry meeting,</L>
<L>A p<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">ea&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">nt toy and full of joy</L>
<L>two Noble-men were greeting,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And as they walked forth to &s;port,</L>
<L>upon a Summers day</L>
<L>They met another Noble man</L>
<L>with whom they'd had a fray.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>His name was Sir <HI>John Barlycorn,</HI></L>
<L>he dwelt down in a V<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">le</L>
<L>And had a Kin&s;man dwelt with him,</L>
<L>they called him <HI>Thomas Good Ale.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then one named Sir <HI>Richard Beer</HI></L>
<L>was re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">dy at that t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">me,</L>
<L>And l<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">kewi&s;e came a bu&s;ie P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">er</L>
<L>cal<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">'d Sir <HI>William W<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ite-wine.</HI></L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some of them fought in a black Iack,</L>
<L>&s;ome of them in a Can,</L>
<L>But yet the chiefe&s;t in a black Pot</L>
<L>fought like a Noble man:</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir <HI>Barlycorn</HI> fought in a bowle,</L>
<L>who won the victory,</L>
<L>Which made them all to chafe and &s;wear,</L>
<L>that <HI>Barlicorn</HI> &s;hould dye</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some &s;aid him kill, &s;ome &s;aid him drown,</L>
<L>&s;ome wi&s;ht to hang him high,</L>
<L>For tho&s;e that followed <HI>Barlycorn</HI></L>
<L>they &s;aid would b<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ggers dye,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then with a p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ow they plowed him up,</L>
<L>and thus they did Devi&s;e</L>
<L>To bu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> him quick within the Earth</L>
<L>and &s;wore he &s;hould not ri&s;e.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>With harrows &s;trong they came to him</L>
<L>a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d bur&s;t clods o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> his head,</L>
<L>jo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> banq<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">et then was made,</L>
<L>when <HI>Barlycorn</HI> was dead.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>He re&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d &s;till upon the Earth,</L>
<L>till rain from sky did fall,</L>
<L>Then he grew up on branches green.</L>
<L>which &s;ore amaz'd them all,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Increa&s;ing thus till <HI>Mid&s;omer,</HI></L>
<L>he made them all afear'd,</L>
<L>For he &s;prang up on high</L>
<L>and got a goodly beard</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When ripening to St. <HI>James-tide,</HI></L>
<L>his countenance waxed wan,</L>
<L>Yet now full grown in parter &s;trength.</L>
<L>and thus became a man,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Wherefore with hooks and &s;ickles keen</L>
<L>unto the field they hy'd,</L>
<L>They cut his leggs off by the knees</L>
<L>and limb from limb divide.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then bloodily they cut him down,</L>
<L>from place where he did &s;tand,</L>
<L>And like a thief for treachery</L>
<L>they bound him in a band,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>So then they took him up again,</L>
<L>according to his kind,</L>
<L>And plac d him up in &s;everall &s;takes</L>
<L>to wither with the wind.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then with a pitchfork &s;harp and long</L>
<L>they rent him to the heart.</L>
<L>And traytor-like for trea&s;on vile</L>
<L>they bound him in a Cart.</L>
<L>And tending him with weapons &s;trong</L>
<L>unto the town they high,</L>
<L>Whereas they mow'd him in a Mow</L>
<L>and &s;o they let him lye.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They left him groaning by the walls</L>
<L>till all his wounds were &s;ore,</L>
<L>And having took him up again,</L>
<L>they ca&s;t him on a floore,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And hired two with holly Clubs</L>
<L>to beat at him at once,</L>
<L>Who thwackt &s;o hard on <HI>Barlicorn</HI></L>
<L>the fle&s;h fell from his bones,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then after took h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">m up again,</L>
<L>to plea&s;e &s;ome womens mind,</L>
<L>Yea du&s;t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d, fand, and &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ted him,</L>
<L>till he was almo&s;t bind.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Fu<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">l fa&s;t th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">y kit him in a &s;ack,</L>
<L>which grieved him very &s;ore,</L>
<L>And &s;oundly &s;teep<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> him in a fat,</L>
<L>for thr&eacute;e dayes &s;pace and more,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>From whence again they took him out</L>
<L>and laid him forth to dry,</L>
<L>Then ca&s;t him on a Chamber floor</L>
<L>and &s;wore that he &s;hould Dye,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They rub'd and &s;tird him up and down</L>
<L>and oft did toyl and ture.</L>
<L>The <HI>Malt-man</HI> likewi&s;e vows his death</L>
<L>his body &s;hould be &s;ure,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">y pul<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">d and hol'd him yet up in &s;pite,</L>
<L>and threw him on a Kill,</L>
<L>Y<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">a dry<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d him on fire hot</L>
<L>the more to work their will,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Then to the Mill they for&s;t him &s;traight</L>
<L>whereas they brui&s;e his bones.</L>
<L>The Miller &s;wore to murder him</L>
<L>betwixt a pair of &s;tones.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The la&s;t time when they took him up</L>
<L>and served him wor&s;e then that,</L>
<L>For with hot &s;calding liquor &s;tore</L>
<L>they wa&s;ht him in a fat.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But not content with this God wot</L>
<L>they wrought him &s;o much harm.</L>
<L>With cruell threat they promi&s;e next</L>
<L>to beat him into barm,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And lying in this danger d&eacute;ep,</L>
<L>for fear that he &s;hould quarrel,</L>
<L>They heav'd him &s;traight out of the fat</L>
<L>and turnd him in the barrell,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>They cor'd and broached it with a Tap</L>
<L>&s;o thus hi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> Death began,</L>
<L>And drew out every Dram of blood</L>
<L>whil&s;t any drop would run.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some brought in Iacks upon their backs</L>
<L>&s;ome brought Bowl and paile,</L>
<L>Yea every man &s;ome weapon had</L>
<L>poor <HI>Barlicorn</HI> to kill.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>When Sir <HI>John Good Ale</HI> heard of this,</L>
<L>he came with mickle might,</L>
<L>And took by &s;trength their tongues away</L>
<L>their legs and eke their &s;ight.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sir <HI>John</HI> at la&s;t in his re&s;pect,</L>
<L>&s;o paid them all their hire,</L>
<L>Then &s;ome lay bl&eacute;eding by the walls</L>
<L>&s;ome tumbling in the mire.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Some &s;adly droaning by the walls</L>
<L>&s;ome fell ith str&eacute;ts down right,</L>
<L>The wi&s;e&s;t of them &s;carcely knew</L>
<L>what he had done ore night.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>All you'good wives that brew good Ale,</L>
<L>God k&eacute;ep you from all t&eacute;en,</L>
<L>But if you put too much water in,</L>
<L>the Divel put out your Eyne.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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