In the "sing-along-with-a-pint-in-your-hand" department, The Barley Now is one of those songs that any regular at a folk club knows, and we don't have a specific source for it. We both learned it by joining in, and this is the way it turned out.

Here's good luck to the pint pot, good luck to the barley mow
Jolly good luck to the pint pot, good luck to the barley mow
Here's the pint pot
     Half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill
     Nipperkin and the brown bowl
     Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow.

Here's good luck to the quart pot, good luck to the barley mow
Jolly good luck to the quart pot, good luck to the barley mow
Here's the quart pot
Pint pot
     Half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill
     Nipperkin and the brown bowl
     Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow.

Then cumulative to:

Here's good luck to the company, good luck to the barley mow
Jolly good luck to the company, good luck to the barley mow
Here's the company
The slavey
The drayer
The brewer
The daughter
The landlady
The landlord
The barrel
The half barrel
The gallon
The half gallon
Quart pot
Pint pot
     Half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill
     Nipperkin and the brown bowl
     Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley mow.

© Golden Hind Music