John Barleycorn

Louis's bed reading "John Barleycorn" -- she had discovered Jack London in the "Cruise of the Snark" and loved his fine adventurousness -- she felt that she could not bear to know a thing so fine, so joyous and so dashing as he should have so miserable a neurosis.

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924

Years of hard labor followed by years of hard drinking had taken their toll; the surge of vitality that followed his return to his beloved California ranch in 1909 did not last, though he continued to crank out mostly forgettable books ( "John Barleycorn," a blisteringly frank 1913 memoir of alcohol addiction, being the exception) until his death in 1916.

James L. Haley's "Wolf: The Lives of Jack London," reviewed by Wendy Smith 2010

He began to play, something slow and mournful"John Barleycorn, " she thought.

Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

But I don't think that you or the author of 'John Barleycorn' or poor de

Captivity M. Leonora Eyles 1924

None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except "Winter, a Dirge," the eldest of my printed pieces; "The Death of Poor Maillie," "John Barleycorn," and

Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Various 1918

"We'll bluff it off," whispered Ulyth, and, taking Lizzie's arm, she marched quietly past, murmuring: "John Barleycorn".

For the Sake of the School Angela Brazil 1907

Mark the native spice and untranslatable twang in the very names of his songs -- "O for ane and twenty, Tam," "John Barleycorn," "Last May a braw Wooer,"

November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855

None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except "Winter, a Dirge," the eldest of my printed pieces; "The Death of Poor Maillie," "John Barleycorn," and songs first, second, and third.

The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777

None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except "Winter, a dirge," the eldest of my printed pieces; "The Death of poor Maillie," "John Barleycorn," and songs first, second, and third.

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

This is the kind of thing that gets a cheap laugh in documentaries on rock music - "Hey, man, if it's too loud, you're too old" - but Keller's is exactly the reaction Traffic would have encountered if they'd been able to time-travel back ten years and play their version of "John Barleycorn" to even the most progressive English folk players of 1957.

New Statesman 2010