[Verse 1] Spake John Barleycorn, "In my heart is a valley The [?] should be exalted, I will walk through this valley My steps seem to falter, in my heart is a valley The [?] should be exalted, I will walk through this valley My steps seem to falter [Hook] Hallelujah, hallelujah [Verse 2] And from the west came, money on their mind For the blood of St. John, they would murder his kind Then from the west came, money on their mind For the blood of St. John, they would murder his kind [Hook] Hallelujah, hallelujah Ah ah ah, ah Ah ah Ah ah ah, ah Ah ah [Verse 3] There's a [1:37?] [caught a felon?] John Barleycorn is ours now There's a tale in the telling John Barleycorn must die now There's a [1:47?] [caught a felon?] John Barleycorn is ours now There's a tale in the telling John Barleycorn must die now Hallelujah, hallelujah Ah ah ah, ah Ah ah Ah ah ah, ah ah ah [Instrumental] [Hook] Hallelujah, hallelujah [Verse 4] The season to destroy you Comes year after year It's the same darn machine Taking ear after ear The season to destroy you Comes year after year It's the same darn machine Taking ear after ear [Hook] Hallelujah, hallelujah Ah ah ah, ah Ah ah Ah ah ah, ah Ah ah