Have You Heard the Bards?

Ríoghnach nEachach

(To the tune of "The Witches of Dyers' Point" by Belle de la Tour)

Oh, have you heard the bards, the bards
The bards a'wandering 'round?
Oh, have you heard their cries,
Painful to the ears?
And have you seen their garb?
Your eyes fill with tears.
Their sad songs are depressing;
The happy ones too
Their jokes are always cheap
And their puns are crude

Oh, have you heard the bards, the bards
The bards a'wandering 'round?
They're cocky and they're loud
And they love to drink
And once they start, they don't stop
Not even to think
They sing and speak in rhymes
That always slant
They invite themselves around
Ready to bant...er

Oh, but have you heard their tales, their tales
The tales that speak to your heart?
Ballads and sonnets and shanties
And rounds and haiku
With words that spring into forms
Designed just for you
Worry not my goodly gentles,
For a bard is a gift
Even though sometimes a bad filk
Is all that you get

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