John Barleycorn

Jun 30, 2009 08:52

Well, I'm just a little posting demon these days, but today on Yahoo's Woodstock 69 radio I heard a little gem called "John Barleycorn" by Traffic and I couldn't resist posting the lyrics ( Read more... )

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freyasman August 3 2009, 23:33:08 UTC
I LOVE this song. I saw them perform live years ago. It was magic when they sang John Barley Corn. BTW, I did a little research on it a few months ago and learned that it is an Old English folksong. It is interesting to learn how many British rock bands did their own arrangemnets of old folksongs. It's like the Brits drew on their folksongs while American rock bands drew on the blues.

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