Kings and queens and chivalry Castles full of mystery An age of darkness and men of myth In the courts, their ladies with Minstrels playing songs portraying A picture of the day's events Smell of perfume in the air Sounds of people everywhere All across the meadow fields Birds are singing, a beggar steals A jester, a jester tries in vain To capture laughs to live again Men of strength and virtue there Competition in the air Armor clashing, the archers aim Soon a lady's hand they claim Kings and queens and chivalry Castles full of mystery An age of darkness, and men of myth In the courts, their ladies with