Traffic-John Barleycorn ......Must Die

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Thank you my audiophile friend SGT (Join to see) for posting the music video of Traffic performing their version of the ballad 'John Barleycorn ......Must Die' in honor of the fact that August 31, 1974 - Traffic made their last live performance at the annual UK Reading Festival.

Here is a listing of the tracks on the album John Barleycorn, with song writer and duration.
1. Glad; Steve Winwood 06:57
2 Freedom Rider; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood; 05:29
3 Empty Pages; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood 04:37
4 I Just Want You to Know; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood; 01:32
5 Stranger to Himself; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood 03:56
6 John Barleycorn; Traditional / Steve Winwood 06:26
7 Every Mothers Son; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood 07:07
8 Sittin' Here Thinkin' of My Love; Jim Capaldi / Steve Winwood 03:24


"John Barleycorn (Must Die)" updated and written by Steve Winwood
Lyrics
""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
Till the rains from heaven did fall
And little Sir John sprung up his head
And so amazed them all

They've let him stand till midsummer's day
Till 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 the 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 the sharp pitchforks
Who 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 the field
Till they came unto a barn
And there they made a solemn oath
On poor John Barleycorn

They've hired men with the crab-tree 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 he's 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 nor pot
Without a little Barleycorn."

In honor of this classic Traffic song I am posting the two most popular songs from John Barleycorn; then Empty Page from the same album and anothe other upbeat Traffic Songs
Traffic - Glad / Freedom Rider - 8/14/1994 - Woodstock 94 (Official)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doXXcTNUx8o

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