In any case, H.A.B. is simply a letter-shift cipher for I.B.C., John Barleycorn, the Frazeran vegetation-spirit (Abiff, אביו, being a corruption of Abib, אביב, "green shoots, ears of corn"). Robert Burns, while not the original creator of the song, gave it something of a working-over which influenced later versions, and is known to have been a Freemason.
[To be absolutely clear: the above is not meant particularly seriously.]
[To be absolutely clear: the above is not meant particularly seriously.]
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