John Barleycorn
by Traditional (English)
🎻 Folk & Traditional
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
An allegorical folk song personifying barley as a man who suffers, dies, and is reborn as beer and whisky. Ancient and deeply symbolic.
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