Once Upon a Troubadour
A lonely bard wandering across the lands am ISinging dancing finding answers to every whyThe taverns are full and one crosses my path, tooI just might reward myself with a beer or two
This inn the place of many romantic talesOn the loft women offer their salesBut my eyes they catch a girl beat by everyoneA slave she is but for me a rose undone
Hear me singWatch me dancePlay that lute of thineAnd share with me this dance
As she danced my eyes began to shineThere she was the maiden so divineHow could I approach her with my outlook so poorHer beauty being much more than I could endure
So I asked if I could sing a chansonWith a language of ancient and of loreGathered the men around us me and the girl in ragsSoon were the melodies heard by everyone
Hear us singWatch us danceSing with us this taleWith a clap of hands
The stories long-forgotten we still knowPerforming our skills wherever we goI end my story as I receive a kissFrom my girl the dearest Beatrice
Hear us singWatch us danceSing with us the talesWhich the music will keep alive