lammas bread

we baked some bread for lammas
an irish milk stout laif,
                          loaf
made from whole wheat flour
crushed between twa stanes
                         two  stones

filled the house with
fall's first breath
heating in the hearth,
first rowthy fruits of harvest,
     abundant
warmed, and baked into a loaf

we cut some off and froze the rest
and drank with it some stout,
washed it down with braw black beer,
                               excellent
the blood of john barleycorn, blest;

the hero john barleycorn's blood drank we,
that hero john barleycorn's bluid
                                        blood
the hero john barleycorn's blood drink we:
that hero john barleycorn's deid;
                                        dead

he winna lat us gang aglee,
    won't      let        go       astray
for he loues us and we loues he
         loves
the hero john barleycorn's bluid we'll pree;
                                                       taste

john barleycorn must dee!
                                die

john barleycorn must die, must die;

john barleycorn maun dee!
                        must