Scribe's Song

Words and Music: Hyrim de Guillon
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Hear the bell ring, wake up at Prime
Toil through to Vespers and rest at Compline
Scribe the black ink, while the bell rings
Parchment for nobles and vellum for kings.

Hear the bell ring, a guide on our way
Tolling the hours that make up the day
Hear the bell ring.

Comes the Diwan, boons from his hand
Quill to the parchment turns parchment to land.
Comes the Emir, seal on his ring
Wax to the parchment binds subject and King.

Hear the bell ring, a guide on our way
Tolling the hours that make up the day
Hear the bell ring.

Comes the King's word, a writ to his judge,
Carefully copied with no stain or smudge.
Bold written word, read everywhere
We're binding the kingdom with toil and prayer.

Hear the bell ring, a guide on our way
Tolling the hours that make up the day
Hear the bell ring.

From Capua, South to Bari,
West to Aversa and North to Molise.
Conquests of ink, hear noble Lord,
Just as enduring as those by the sword.

Hear the bell ring, a guide on our way
Tolling the hours that make up the day
Hear the bell ring.

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