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Yestreen, I heard a pleasant greeting A pleasant toy and full of joy, two noblemen were meeting And as they walked for to sport, upon a summer's day, Then with another nobleman, they went to make affray Whose names was Sir John Barleycorn, he dwelt down in a dale, Who had a kinsman lived nearby, they called him Thomas Good Ale, Another named Richard Beer, was ready at that time, Another worthy knight was there, called Sir William White Wine When Sir John Goodale he came with mickle might Then he took their tongues away, their legs or else their sight And thus Sir John in each respect, so paid them all their hire That some lay sleeping by the way, some tumbling in the mire Some lay groaning by the walls, some in the streets downright, The best of them did scarcely know, what they had done oernight All you good wives that brew good ale, God turn from you all teen But if you put too much liquor in, the Devil put out your een