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Jean Grain d'Orge doit mourir

from John Barleycorn must die by Gaë Bolg

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I

There were three kings into the east
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn should die

They took a plough and plough’d him down
Put clods upon his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Barleycorn was dead

But the cheerfu’ spring came kindly on
And show’rs began to fall
John Barleycorn got up again
And sore surprised them all

The sultry suns of summer came
And he grew thick and strong
His head weel armed with pointed spears
That no-one should him wrong


II

The sober autumn enter’d mild
When he grew wan and pale
His bending joints and drooping head
Show’d he began to fail

His colour sicken’d more and more
He faded into age
And then his enemies began
To show their deadly rage


They’ve taken a weapon long and sharp
And cut him by the knee
Then tied him fast upon a cart
Like a rogue for forgerie

They laid him down upon his back
And cudgel’d him full sore
They hung him up before the storm
And turned him o’er and o’er


III

They wasted o’er a scorching flame
The marrow of his bones
But a miller us’d him worst of all
For he crushed him between two stones

And they had taken his very heart’s blood
And drunk it round and round
And still the more and more they drank
Their joy did more abound

John Barleycorn was a hero bold
Of noble enterprise
For if you do but taste his blood
‘Twill make your courage rise

‘Twill make a man forget his woe
‘Twill heighten all his joy
‘Twill make a window’s heart to sing
Tho the tear where in her eye

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from John Barleycorn must die, released February 1, 2000

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Gaë Bolg Brittany, France

Gaë Bolg est un artiste protéiforme ayant œuvré autant dans la musique classique que dans les formes les plus variées de la musique populaire. Il sévit depuis maintenant plus de 20 ans pour le meilleur et pour le pire !

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