Name: The Ripe and Bearded Barley
Duration: P00H03M44S
Description: Original music written to a set of words collected by Alfred Williams in the early part of the twentieth century

The Ripe and Bearded Barley

by The Hex Collective

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Original music written to a set of words collected by Alfred Williams in the early part of the twentieth century

lyrics

Come out, 'tis now September, and the hunter's moon's begun
And in the wheaten stubble we hear the frequent gun
The leaves they are all yellow and fading into red
The ripe and bearded barley is hanging down its head

The wheat is like a rich man, sleek and well-to-do
The oats are like a pack of girls, they're thin and dancing too
The rye is like a miser, sullen, lank, and small
The ripe and bearded barley is the monarch of them all

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released November 22, 2021
Jim Driscoll - guitar/vocals
Josie Webber - cello/vocals
Brock - accordion
recorded by Colin Fletcher January 2020

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The Hex Collective Oxford, UK

Folk duo, guitar and cello

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