Gather up the drum and flute and harp
The kith and kin in provinces apart
Now is the time for all the joy to start
Sound the summon herald fair
With a proud face you do declare
A gathering to make aware
Coming from afar in adamant delight
The party guests will dance all night
Only to be gone by the morning light
Gather up the drum and flute and harp
The kith and kin in provinces apart
Now is the time for all the joy to start
Sing oh minstrel many merry songs
To the joy of the great dancing throngs
A fair melody that so belongs
Within the lands where mortals dwell
There hectic heads cannot foretell
The fair and merry minds that bade farewell
Gather up the drum and flute and harp
The kith and kin in provinces apart
Now is the time for all the joy to start
Gather up the drum and flute and harp
The kith and kin in provinces apart
Now is the time for all the joy to start