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"John Barleycorn" is an English and Scottish folk song. [1] The song's protagonist is John Barleycorn, a personification of barley and of the alcoholic beverages made from it: beer and whisky . In the song, he suffers indignities, attacks, and death that correspond to the various stages of barley cultivation, such as reaping and malting .
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Wood remained with Traffic from the time of its reformation in 1970, until the group's breakup in 1974. In the recording sessions, Wood introduced the 17th-century traditional song "John Barleycorn" to the band after hearing it on The Watersons album Frost and Fire. [9] It became the title song of their 1970 album John Barleycorn Must Die. [12]
John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic, released in 1970 as Island ILPS 9116 in the United Kingdom, United Artists UAS 5504 in the United States, and as Polydor 2334 013 in Canada.
The album reached number 29 in the UK Albums Chart, where it remained for four weeks, making it by far Traffic's most commercially successful album in their home country since John Barleycorn Must Die. [4] In Germany, it scored two minor hits ("Here Comes a Man" and "Some Kinda Woman") [5] and reached number 22 in the album charts. [6]
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The song's spoken introduction – "A preachment, dear friends, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn, nicotine and the temptations of Eve" – dates to the 1947 novelty recording, "Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women", by Red Ingle and His Natural Seven.