The banqueting-hall is soon gaily lit up,

For Sir Walter loved dearly a well-filled cup,

And sent to invite

Each guest that night,

With “where you have dined, boys, why there you shall sup.”

In the banqueting-hall,

Both great and small,

The cavalier knights, the retainers tall,

Together are gathered—one and all.

The red wine has flowed and taken effect