The Trial of Lancelot Heather Dale

King Arthur's knights, they filled the Table Round
Save for one who stood before them
For once without a weapon;
For once he stood in shame
The trial's charge was treason
And betrayal of an oath
And should his guilt be proven
Death would fall on traitors both!
The knights would counsel Arthur's hard decision

And Lancelot, his head held high, said
"I'm tried for love of Guinevere...
My crime was love."

The first to speak was Kay with sharpest tongue
"He is a man like any other
The word of kings command him;
His heart does not obey
For all his strength and boldness
This knight's spirit is too weak
His crime has no excuses
And no favours may he seek!
The laws of kings don't bend and can't be broken."

And Lancelot, his head held high, said
"I stand for love of Guinevere...
For pride in love."