King Arthur Was Buried So Legends They Tell It...

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King Arthur was buried so legends they tell it
Deep under the mountains in days long ago
With twelve faithful knights dress in armour like silver
With their long swords beside them in scabbards of gold
But dying is only a new kind of waking
Or a new kind of sleeping resplendent with dreams
If times they are hard you have only to call me
And you’ll not catch me napping said Arthur the King

So we’ll kindle a beacon on every high mountain
To the sound of our music the valleys shall ring
To waken the sleepers of long-vanished ages
To waken the knights and Brave Arthur the King..

Well the dragon may prowl in the streets of the city
And the world may turn out to be not what it seems
And many-a-job may be lost by tomorrow
And we may be obliged to abandon our dreams
But bring it the Fool with her motley and bells
And remember the minstrels who taught you to sing
And the Quest it begins with the steps of the dance
Won’t you please take your partners said Arthur the King..

So we’ll kindle a beacon….

There’s no need to look far to find news of disaster
Of wars and of rumours of gathering gloom
And it’s hard to escape the dead-weight of inertia
As we hear the fraud words of the prophets of doom
But each one is equal around my Round Table
And each has a note and a ribbon to bring
And the quest it begin with the jig and the reel
Won’t you take out your fiddles said Arthur the King

So we’ll kindle a beacon….

 There are times when the fog is so thick on the hills
Fell enchantment has settled on river and lake
And the poisons have sunk so far into the earth
That we ask is there anything left there to wake
But bring in the Morris the sword dance the step dance
The music is there and you know how to sing
 And the Quest it begins with a song from the heart
Won’t you join in the chorus said Arthur the King:

So we’ll kindle a beacon on every high mountain
To the sound of our music the valleys shall ring
To waken the sleepers of long-vanished ages
To waken the knights and Brave Arthur the King.
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If you want to hear the melody for this song, you can hear it here (bearing in mind it's best sung in a crowd and this rendering is just me!):

http://beta.flowgram.com/f/p.html#P94CT57FTY789L

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