Testo John Barleycorn - Fairport Convention
Testo della canzone John Barleycorn (Fairport Convention), tratta dall'album Tipplers Tales
Well, three men come out of the West
Their fortunes for to try
And these three men took a solemn vow
John Barleycorn would die
They ploughed his sown-nae power
Threw a watch upon his head
'Til these three men were satisfied
John Barleycorn was dead
There's beer all in the barrel
And brandy in the glass
But Little Sir John with his nut-brown bow
Blew the strongest man at last
They've let him lie for a long, long time
'Til the rain from Heaven did fall
And Little Sir John sprung up his green head
And so amazed them all
They've let him stand 'til the mid-summer's day
And he looked both pale and wan
But Little Sir John's grown a long brown beard
And so become a man
There's beer all in the barrel
And brandy in the glass
But Little Sir John with his nut-brown bow
Blew the strongest man at last
There's beer all in the barrel
And brandy in the glass
But Little Sir John with his nut-brown bow
Blew the strongest man at last
So they've hired men with sharp-edged scythes
To cut him off at the knee
They've hauled him and tied him around his waist
And treated him most barbarously
They've hired men with sharp-edged forks
To prick him to the heart
And the loader has served him worse than that
For he's bound him to the cart
Where they have wheeled him around and around the field
'Til they've come unto a barn
And here they have kept their solemn word
Concerning Barleycorn
They've hired men with blackthorn sticks
To split him skin from bone
And the miller has served him worse than that
For he's ground him between two stones
There's beer all in the barrel
And brandy in the glass
But Little Sir John with his nut-brown bow
Blew the strongest man at last
There's beer all in the barrel
And brandy in the glass
But Little Sir John with his nut-brown bow
Blew the strongest man at lastIn 1979, Fairport called it a day
Swarf's hearing was suffering from the loud, electric music and on
August 4th, Fairport played their farewell concert just over there
At Pewit Farm. After opening for Led Zeppelin in the morning to 90
000 People at Knebworth, they were supposed to be helicoptered up to
Cropredy, but Peggy remembers that the chopper looked rather like a
Blue transit van. The band had recorded the Farewell, Farewell album
From a few live gigs and although this seemed to many to sound the
Death knell, it actually became the starting point of Fairport and
The Cropredy festival as we know it today. Due to a lack of major
Label interest, Dave and Chris Pegg started their own Woodworm
Records operation. Peggy had a small 8-track studio in Chapel Row
Cropredy, behind his cottage which was called Woodworm's Hilton
The band had played open-air concerts in this village at Anne
Crossman's house, Prescott Manor, for three consecutive years prior
To the final gig on August 4th. Cropredy resident John Heaverman
Worked very hard at these events to make them a success. Peggy was
Now working with Jethro Tull and Simon and Swarf were going around
The country as a duo. So they decided to have an annual reunion every
August. Dave and Chris Pegg took on the organisational side of the
Festival and recorded each year. They put out so-called 'bootleg'
Tapes. The festival grew and grew and in 1985, Simon, Peggy and DM
Found the time and inclination to make a new Fairport album. Swarf
Declined to be on it because he'd just formed the new group
Whippersnapper, which incidentally included the young Chris Leslie
Peggy called up Rick Sanders and Martyn Alcock and a new band
Rehearsed. They found that they could play four hours of Fairport
Music and small warm-up dates led to the group's longest ever
Consistent line-up, which was to stay together until December 1996
So, will you please welcome the only man who can play fiddle and do
Advanced aerobics at the same time. The man who invented the original
Vegetarian fiddler. The only selfless person who would be willing
To dive headlong through plate glass in order to give a fellow
Player a gig. The one and only Rick Sanders! Now this next man gets
His phenomenal instrumental talents from God. Gets his incredibly
Tasteless suits from Coco the Clown. You know who I mean? Gets his
Superhuman capacity from years of practice and gets his
Unintelligible accent from Coronation Street
Middleton, but still manages to be the unique
Never to be repeated, all together now, Martyn Alcock!
Credits
Writer(s): David Pegg, Simon Nicol, Bruce Kenneth Rowland, David Eric Swarbrick, Dp
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