The Tabard Inn – By Lisa Theriot

Lisa Theriot, along with Michele Buzbee, Ken Theriot, and Kevin Valliquette, perform The Tabard Inn at Pennsic 2011.  The Tabard Inn is the opening song on her CD The Keys of Canterbury, which as the title suggests, is an album of songs themed around The Canterbury Tales. “The Tabard Inn” is The General Prologue.

Here is the entry from the liner notes on the album:

The General Prologue:  The Tabard Inn

The Canterbury Tales open with Chaucer lodging at the Tabard Inn in Southwark when the odd characters who will become his fellow pilgrims arrive in turn.  I’ve added a few non-Chaucerian touches…

+Ken Theriot