Page 60 - The Innkeeper | Medieval Tavern Song

Arc IV - The Common Folk Page 60 - The Innkeeper [Verse I] Come warm your hands beside the fire. Set down your pack. Rest if you're tired. The road is long. The night is cold... Sit a while and share your gold. I've poured the ale for kings and thieves. I've watched them laugh. I've watched them leave. One roof can shelter foe and friend... Until the morning calls again. [Chorus] Raise your cup! Drink it dry! Here's to those just passing by! Laugh tonight, for roads are long... Every stranger brings a song. [Verse II] The Watch drinks first before the night. The Guild arrives beyond first light. They've never met beneath this roof... And that's the way I keep the truth. A merchant counts tomorrow's gain. A soldier curses old campaign. A farmer thanks the harvest's grace... Each finds a home within this place. [Chorus] Raise your cup! Drink it dry! Here's to those just passing by! Laugh tonight, for roads are long... Every stranger brings a song. [Verse III] I've heard the songs before they're sung. I've known the old before they're young. The loudest boast. The quiet plea... Each finds its way eventually. Some seek glory. Some seek gold. Some grow wiser. Some grow old. Some never leave the room they found... Yet all are welcome while they're 'round. [Bridge] When roads have claimed your strength at last, And all your victories are past... You'll search once more for fire and flame, A place that still recalls your name. Should fortune smile or kingdoms fall... My door remains the same for all. So lift your cup before you roam... An inn is every wanderer's home. [Final Chorus] Raise your cup! Drink it dry! Here's to those just passing by! Laugh tonight, for roads are long... Every stranger brings a song.