John′ Bar′leycorn

booze, hard drink, 

liquor, spirits, 

 from a weed...

malting and barley cultivation,

Laughing all the way to the bank

Hands wringing

HaHa make money from a weed

Was a keep them down idea

hold the delete button down

Burn the barley Field down

(Jack London gave the title John Barleycorn to his 1913 autobiographical novel  that tells of his struggle with alcoholism)