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Released on Chrysalis, also Heart of Glass (Blondie), Feel (Robbie Williams) and Advertising Space (Robbie Williams)
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Part of Below the Salt, also Gaudete, Saucy Sailor and King Henry
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 7 of Steeleye Span’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 47 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Part of
- Below the Salt
- Released on
- Chrysalis
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Part of
- Below the Salt
- Released on
- Chrysalis
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Chrysalis
Same release: Below the Salt
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Chrysalis
Same release: Below the Salt
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Chrysalis
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz John Barleycorn was written by [traditional]
John Barleycorn was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz John Barleycorn is part of the release Below the Salt
John Barleycorn is part of the release Below the Salt
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Chrysalis is the label of the song John Barleycorn
Chrysalis is the label of the song John Barleycorn
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz John Barleycorn was released on 1972