The Druids Part Two: Their Education

[Verse 1]
The Druids are accustomed
To being exempt from war
Nor do they pay taxes
Along with everyone else
They have exemption
From military service
And freedom
From all impositions

[Pre-Chorus]
Encouraged by such great rewards
And of their own accord
Many gather for training
And are sent by their parents and relatives
They are said to have learned by heart
A great number of verses
And so spend twenty years
In training

[Chorus]
They seems to me to have established
That tradition for two reasons
They neither want the training
To be made known to the common people
Nor do they want those who are learning
To pay less attention
To memory and rely upon writing

[Verse 2]
They especially wish to persuade
People of this
That souls don't die but cross from one body to another
After death
They think that most of all
Men can be encouraged towards virtue by this
Besides they discuss
And teach the youth many things
About the stars and their movements
About the size of the universe

[Pre-Chorus]
And the Earth
About the nature of things
And about
The strength and power
Of the
Immortal gods

[Chorus]
They seems to me to have established
That tradition for two reasons
They neither want the training
To be made known to the common people
Nor do they want those who are learning
To pay less attention
To memory and rely upon writing

[Instrumental]