come and be welcome o wandering minstrel spreading your music from city to town be you harper or piper your duty is noble you carry the tunes that will never die down come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome o noble court poet the treasure of knowledge is kept in your words so unlock the riches of rhyme and of rhythm and let all the wealth of your wisdom be heard come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome o fair voiced singer weaving the magic of music along you can thunder the heavens to raise up an army or simply bring laughter and peace with a song come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome o rare tale teller with stories of wonder you wisely recall now tell of the heroes who dwell in our history for tales that are true are the best of them all come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome wherever you hail from share all the secrets and joys of your art for every new voice that joins in the chorus will uplift the spirit and cheer the heart come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come from the forest and sit round the fire come from the fields and enter our hall come drink from the guest cup come join in our circle come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome ye bards one and all come and be welcome ye bards one and all