The Canterbuy tales

The Canterbury tales  ("California Dreamin" by the Mamas and the Papas)

Lyrics:

The Canterbury tales, pilgrim's leaving town.
Oh a long journey
to Thomas Becket's shrine
in Canterbury.

Chaucer wrote about them
in his famous tome
Canterbury Tales
an Middle English poem.

They stopped into an inn
before they go underway.
They all tell their favorites stories
to pass the time away.

You know the Host will be the Judge.
he's gonna reward the best.
The Canterbury Tales,
medieval speech contest.

bla, bla

A knight, two nuns, a pardoner
and the Wife of Bath
are among  the pilgrims
from every social class.

The writing is vernacular.
People spoke that day.
The Canterbury Tales,
on such an Aprille day.

The Canterbury Tales
we read it still today.
The Canterbury Tales
we read it still today.