There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try 有三个人就出来了西部，他们的财富在尝试

And these three men made a solemn vow 而这三个人作出的庄严誓言

John Barleycorn must die 约翰·巴利恐必须死

They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in 他们已经犁过，他们已经播下，他们已经耙他

Threw clods upon his head 在他的头扔土块

And these three men made a solemn vow 而这三个人作出的庄严誓言

John Barleycorn was dead 约翰·巴利恐死

   

They've let him lie for a very long time, 'til the rains from heaven did fall 他们已经让他躺了很长的时间， “直到雨水从天上坠落做

And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all 和小约翰爵士涌现出了头，让他们赞叹不已所有

They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day 'til he looked both pale and wan 他们已经让他受不了，直到仲夏节，直到他看着两个脸色苍白而憔悴

And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man 和小约翰爵士的长出了长长的胡须，因此成为一个男人

They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee 他们已经雇了人与他们的镰刀那么锋利，打断了他的膝盖

They've rolled him and tied him by the way, serving him most barbarously 他们已经推出了他，并把他绑的方式，提供了他最野蛮

They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart 他们已经雇了人与谁已经竖起了他的心脏的锋利叉子

And the loader he has served him worse than that 和装载机他一直担任他比这更糟糕

For he's bound him to the cart 对于他把他绑到购物车

   

They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came onto a pond 他们已经被推到他身边，周围的场，直到他们来到到池塘

And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn 在那里，他们做了一个庄严的宣誓贫困约翰·巴利恐

They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone 他们已经雇了人与他们的瑰珀翠枝削减他的皮肤骨

And the miller he has served him worse than that 而米勒，他一直担任他比这更糟糕

For he's ground him between two stones 对于他的地他两块石头之间

   

And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass 和小约翰爵士和螺母棕色碗，他在玻璃白兰地

And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last 和小约翰爵士和螺母棕色碗证明最强壮的人，最后

The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn 猎人，他不能捕猎狐狸也没有那么大声吹他的喇叭

And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn 而补锅匠，他不能补锅或壶没有一点麦粒