Get Up and Bar the Door or JOAN AND JOHN BLOUNT There was an old couple lived under a hill Joan and John Blount they were called, oh They brewed great ale all for to sell They brewed it wonderful well, oh John Blount and his wife drank some of his ale Till they could drink no more, oh They both went to bed with a drop in their head And forgot to bar the door, oh A bargain, a bargain this old couple made A bargain firm and sure, oh The very first one that should speak the first word Should go down to bar the door oh Along came travelers, travelers three Traveling in the night oh No house nor shelter could they find No fire nor candle light oh And straight to John Blount's house they went And boldly opened the door oh But not one word did the old couple say For fear one should bar the door oh They ate of his victuals, they drank of his drink Till they could drink no more oh But not one word did the old couple say For fear one should bar the door oh Then straight upstairs these travelers went And took the old woman out of her bed And kissed her on the floor oh But not one word did the old couple say For fear one should bar the door oh "You've eat of my victuals, you drank of my drink You've kissed my wife on the floor oh" "John Blount" she said, "You've spoke the first word Go down and bar the door oh" "If you don't like what they did unto me They kissed me on the floor oh Take this to be as a warning see Every night you bar the door oh" Child #275 from Newfoundland see also Barring of the Door SOF
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