Steve Winwood - John Barleycorn

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Song Lyrics

There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn must die
They`ve plowed, they`ve sown, they`ve harrowed him in
Threw clods upon his head
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead

They`ve let him lie for a very long time, `til the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all
They`ve let him stand `til Midsummer`s Day `til he looked both pale and wan
And little Sir John`s grown a long long beard and so become a man
They`ve hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee
They`ve rolled him and tied him by the way, serving him most barbarously
They`ve hired men with their sharp pitchforks who`ve pricked him to the heart
And the loader he has served him worse than that
For he`s bound him to the cart

They`ve wheeled him around and around a field `til they came onto a pond
And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn
They`ve hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone
And the miller he has served him worse than that
For he`s ground him between two stones

And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last
The huntsman he can`t hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn
And the tinker he can`t mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn

Remixes

Release History

November 2006

Colour Collection

1. Gimme Some Lovin'
2. Keep on Running
3. I'm A Man
4. Paper Sun
5. Dear My Fantasy
6. Pearly Queen (4:18)
7. (Roamin' Thro' The Gloamin' With) 40.000 Headmen
8. Had to Cry Today (8:47)
9. Can't Find My Way Home
10. John Barleycorn (6:22)
11. Empty Pages
12. Low Spark Of The High-Heeled Boys
13. Medicated Goo (3:34)
14. Sea of Joy (5:22)

21 March 1995

The Finer Things

1. Dimples
2. I Can't Stand It
3. Every Little Bit Hurts
4. Strong Love (2:13)
5. Keep on Running
6. Somebody Help Me
7. When I Come Home (1:57)
8. I Want To Know (2:14)
9. Crossroads (2:16)
10. Gimme Some Lovin'
11. I'm A Man
12. Paper Sun
13. Dealer (3:11)
14. Coloured Rain (2:42)
15. No Face, No Name, No Number
16. Heaven is in Your Mind
17. Smiling Phases
18. Dear Mr. Fantasy (5:38)
19. Pearly Queen (4:18)
20. 40,000 Headmen (3:13)
21. No Time to Live (5:19)
22. Shanghai Noodle Factory (5:03)
23. Medicated Goo (3:34)
24. Withering Tree (3:03)

Disc 2

25. Had to Cry Today (8:47)
26. Can't Find My Way Home (Electric Version) (5:40)
27. Sea of Joy (5:22)
28. Sleeping In The Ground (Live) (4:33)
29. Under My Thumb (Live) (5:48)
30. Stranger to Himself (3:52)
31. John Barleycorn (6:22)
32. Glad
33. Freedom Rider (5:26)
34. Empty Pages
35. The Low Spark of High - Heeled Boys (11:41)
36. Rainmaker (7:51)

Disc 3

37. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory (6:00)
38. (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired (Live) (10:30)
39. Happy Vibes
40. Something New
41. Dream Gerrard (11:01)
42. Walking in the Wind (6:53)
43. When the Eagle Flies (4:24)
44. Winner/Loser (4:17)
45. Crossing The Line (Live) (7:46)
46. Hold on
47. Time Is Running out
48. Vacant Chair

Disc 4

49. While You See a Chance
50. Arc of a Diver
51. Spanish Dancer
52. Night Train (7:51)
53. Dust
54. Valerie (4:03)
55. Talking Back to The Night (5:42)
56. Your Silence Is Your Song (4:08)
57. Higher Love (5:45)
58. Freedom Overspill (Edit) (4:15)
59. Back In The High Life (Edit) (4:22)
60. The Finer Things (Edit) (4:11)
61. Roll With It (Edit) (4:30)
62. Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?
63. One & Only Man