Tuesday, September 08, 2020

John Barleycorn Must Die

Different than the Steeleye Span version. I like it.

5 comments:

RichardJohnson said...

Very good. Around 5:20 there is a shot of post-harvest grain. The grain appears to me to be corn. Before 1500 and the importation of corn/maiz to Europe, "corn" was a generic term for
grain. (edible part.)

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Yes. Also peppercorn. Maize was "Indian corn." All the Germanic languages have a cognate that means seed, small seed, grain.

Mark said...

be sure to check out his video on youtube of "Now the Green Blade Riseth"

Texan99 said...

This was the first version I ever heard, when I was a teenager, and it will always be my favorite. The whole album is excellent.

Texan99 said...

I like the album version, though, for the vocal harmonies.