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John Barleycorn: A Ballad (第2/2页)
they hung him up before the storm, and turned him o'er and o'er. they filled up a darksome pit with water to the brim; they heaved in john barley, there let him sink or swim. they laid him out upon the floor, to work him farther woe; and still, as signs of life appear'd, they toss'd him to and fro. they wasted, o'er a scorg flame, the marrow of his bones; but a miller us'd him worst of all, for he crush'd him between two stones. and they hae taen his very heart's blood, and drank it round 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!