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Post by bunkerfan on Jun 3, 2012 21:30:40 GMT
John Barleycorn - Jethro Tull featuring George Dalaras (vocals) from the Greek issue of "A Little Light Music...Enjoy. A maddogfagin/bunkerfan Production
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 4, 2012 7:48:33 GMT
John Barleycorn - Jethro Tull featuring George Dalaras (vocals) from the Greek issue of "A Little Light Music...Enjoy. A maddogfagin/bunkerfan Production Thumbs up and dancing bananas John Below is a version of the lyrics as sung by Traffic but as with all traditional songs the words vary from town/village/county etc. 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 ploughed, 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 waist 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 unto a barn 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
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 4, 2012 20:55:54 GMT
This is great...a nice, rare bit of Tull history on a tour that hinted at these kinds of collaborations, previously almost unknown in Tull world, that came to fruition during Rubbing Elbows and then the string of string players who brought their own material or ides for covers.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 5, 2012 17:47:08 GMT
This is great...a nice, rare bit of Tull history on a tour that hinted at these kinds of collaborations, previously almost unknown in Tull world, that came to fruition during Rubbing Elbows and then the string of string players who brought their own material or ides for covers. According to Dave Rees' book, this version was only officially released in Greece and Israel - everyone else got the overdubbed IA solo version. Probably still sold bugger all
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Post by fjtull on Jul 9, 2012 9:29:18 GMT
And Italy release (both CD and 2LP version); I own them....
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