Welsh request for "John Barleycorn"

Help translate from English to Welsh song John Barleycorn by Mat Williams

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John Barleycorn

There were three men came from the west

Their fortunes for to tell

And the life of John Barleycorn, as well

They've laid him in three furrows deep

Laid clods upon his head

Then these three men made a solemn vow

John Barleycorn was dead, John Barleycorn was dead

They let him lie for a very long time

'Til the rain from heaven did fall

But little sir John sprang up his head

He did amaze them all, he did amaze them all

They let him stand 'til a midsummer's day

'Til he looked both pale and wan

And little sir John, he grew a long beard

He so became a man, he so became a man

Fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

So, they've hired men with a scythe so sharp

To cut him off at the knee

They've rolled and tied him around the waist

They've served him barbarously

They've served him barbarously

Fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

They've hired men with the crabtree sticks

To cut him skin from bone

The miller, he has served him worse than that

He's ground him between two stones

He's ground him between two stones

And they've wheeled him here

And they've wheeled him there

They've wheeled him to a barn

And then, they have served him worse than that

They bunged him in a vat

They bunged him in a vat

Fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

Well, they've worked their will on John Barleycorn

But he lived to tell the tale

For they pour him out of an old brown jug

And they call him home-brewed ale

They call him home-brewed ale

Fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la la, it's a lovely day

Sing "fa la la lay-yo"

Fa la la, fa la la it's a lovely day

Singing "fa la la lay-yo"

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