Feast Of The Dead

Send the drummers down every street
 Hurdy gurdy drones loud and sweet
 Wake the animals from their beds
 All join the feast of the dead
 Yes a feast for the birds and worms
 The mice and jackals all have their turns
 The blessed ones that clean the earth
 Death rides astride life from birth
 God summons them all to forge
 To the feast of the dead to court
 God (just?) once on the earth did try (?)
 Ashes and death swept away by god
 Listen to the bells that ring
 Hear the wind and the birds that sing
 Animals from the day and night
 Called to do this task of might
 Think about the things unseen
 Listen to what the prophets sing
 May we number our days alive
 May we love while we're in the light