John Barleycorn

My attempt at an old English folk song about the spirit of the harvest, personified in the character of John Barleycorn. John dies and is reborn many times, before at last being reborn in a glass of whiskey... an idea shared with the celts.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• John Barleycorn
• Kevin Tyler
• traditional
• English
• folk
• acoustic
• guitar

[BlackcatNZ]

Simply....Beautiful!!!

[disrxt]

Great work!

[LurchDarkness]

I really get lost in this song. The combination of the lyrics and your voice.. Truly a gifted bard.

[polderknoert]

One man..., one voice..., one guitar...., a real minstrel, wonderful !!!

[Keliwinkle]

My dad sang this to me when I was little. I love your version of this! Beautifully done!

[ZedralZ]

Wonderful job! Absolutely beautiful. You've made my Mabon. :)

[bonzaitribe]

Couldn't get better than this. Well done. :)

[giannuzzo66]

io amo questa canzone !!!! bellissima*****

[Stephy202]

loveliest version ive heard of this song, you have a lovely voice!

[zieckzack]

Wonderful! Thank you Kevin! Greetings from Rio de Janeiro.

[Thekendrick99]

Thanks for this. You have a beautiful voice. This is by far my favorite version.

[Thekendrick99]

Thanks for this. Have you recorded this? If you haven't, you should. You have a beautiful voice.