Subway To Sally

There were three farmers in the north,
as they were passing by
they swore an oath so mighty
oh that Barleycorn should die
one of them said: drown him
and the other sad: hang him high
for whoever will stick to Barleycorn
a-begging he will die
they put poor Barley into a sack
an a cold an rainy day
and took him out to cornfields
and buried him in the clay
frost and snow began to melt
and dew began to fall
when Barleygrain put up his head
and he soon surprised them all
being in the summer season
and the harvest coming on
it's the time he stands up
in the field with a beard like any man
the reaper then came with his sickle
and used me barbarously
he cut me in the middle so small
and he cut me above the knee
the next came was the binder
and he looked at me with a frown
for in the middle there was a thistle
which pulled his courage down
the farmer came with his pitch fork