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Little Barley​-​Corne

from Wassail! by Conspiratio

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An old ballad about beer, and its virtues.

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Come and do not musing stand, if thou the truth discerne
But take a full cup in thy hand, and thus begin to learne
Not of the Earth, nor of the Ayre, at evening or at morne,
But joviall boyes, your Christmas keep
With a little Barley-Corne

It is the cunningest alchymist, that ere was in the land
‘Twill change your mettle, when it list, in turning of a hand
Your blushing gold to silver wan, your silver into brasse
‘Twill turn a tailor to a man,
And a man into an asse

‘Twill make a weeping widow laugh, and soon incline to pleasure
‘Twill make an old man leave his staff, and dance a youthful measure
And though your clothes be ne’er so bad, all ragged, rent and torne
Against the cold you may be clad
With a little Barley-Corne

‘Twill make a miser prodigall, and show himself kind-hearted
‘Twill make him never grieve at all, that from his coin hath parted
‘Twill make a shepherd to mistake his sheep before a storme
‘Twill make the poet to excel:
This little Barley-Corne

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from Wassail!, released December 16, 2016

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Conspiratio Seattle, Washington

"Conspiratio" is the latin word for harmony. It literally means "breathing together". It also means conspiracy. We conspire solely to amuse ourselves and others with very old songs, mostly about drinking!

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