JOHN BARLEYCORN 
From the Ford Star Jubilee CBS TV Production "High Tor" (1956)
(Music by Arthur Schwartz / Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson)


Bing Crosby (TV Production) - 1956



A good man walkin' home at night 
A decent honest soul 
What would you think if he was seen 
To climb up a barber pole 

You got to say John Barleycorn, John Barleycorn 
Is the only explanation 
For this harmless levitation 
In the early morn 
Just blame John Barleycorn 

John Barleycorn John Barleycorn 
Never say intoxication 
Treat him with consideration 
Never point with scorn 
Just blame John Barleycorn 

A broker, careful in his ways 
Can be devarm inlay (sic) 
What would you think if he sat down 
To hatch an ostrich egg 

It's got to be John Barleycorn, John Barleycorn 
This absurd dissipation 
Probably is pure relation 
Judge him not I warn 
Just blame John Barleycorn 

Hooh, John Barleycorn, John Barleycorn 
He will salt your conversation 
Make you like your occupation 
Happy you were born 
Our own John Barleycorn 

To bankers most respectable 
Among the Godly troup 
Suppose they climb to spend the night 
In their bulldozer's scoop 

They're messin' with John Barleycorn, John Barleycorn 
Is the only explanation 
For their midnight elevation 
Judge them not, I warn 
Just blame John Barleycorn 

Hooh, John Barleycorn, John Barleycorn 
Never say inebriation 
They're just off the reservation 
Biggs and Skimmerhorn 
With old John Barleycorn