The Piper lyrics

They came from the hills,

and they came from the valleys and the plains.

They struggled in the cold,

in the heat and the snow and in the rain.

Came to hear him play,

play their minds away.

We’re all following a strange melody.

We’re all summoned by a tune.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon for him,

and we dance beneath the moon.

Sub luna saltamus.1

They came from the south,

from the west and the north and from the east.

They waited for the man

like a parish is waiting for the priest.

Longed to hear him play,

play their minds away.

We’re all following a strange melody.

We’re all summoned by a tune.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon for him,

and we dance beneath the moon.

Sub luna saltamus.

He gave them a dream,

he seduced everybody in the land.

The fire in his eyes,

and the fear was a weapon in his hand.

So they let him play,

play their minds away.

We’re all following a strange melody.

We’re all summoned by a tune.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon.

We’re following the piper

and we dance beneath the moon for him,

and we dance beneath the moon.

And we dance beneath the moon.

1. (Latin) “We jump under the moon”, i.e. “we dance in the moonlight”.