Baba Brinkman - Interlude A lyrics

Now imagine you could have been there Just over six hundred years ago To witness Geoffrey Chaucer Reciting his version of that exact same story For the court, in Middle English Here's how it would have sounded back then: In Flaundres whilom was a compaignye Of yonge folk that haunteden folye As riot, hasard, stewes, and tavernes Whereas with harpes, lutes, and giternes They daunce and pleyen at dees bothe day and night And ete also and drinke over hir might Thurgh which they doon the devel sacrifise Withinne that develes temple in cursed wise