Wanderer:

This song can be traced back to an “Rocaille”-epic (i.e. a long, long multipart
song) named “The Lonely Wanderer” (lyrics – guess – from Wordsworth).
The new bass player at this time was very impressed and stated – more or
less correct – that the first verse would constitute one song for many other
bands. Eventually two songs remained from this epic: “Old Song” and
“Wanderer”. The “Wanderer” was changed several times throughout the years;
now it’s a heavy shuffling rocker with a jazzrock-feeling due to Albrecht’s
saxophone playing. There are also new lyrics: excerpts from Walter Scott’s
“The Lay of the Last Minstrel”. Some of the verses are featured here.

Lyrics Wanderer:

(Music: Fastenmeier / Lyrics: W. Scott, arr. Fastenmeier)

A wandering Harper, scorned and poor
he begged his bread from door to door
And tuned to please the people’s ear
the harp a king had loved to hear

The last of all the bards was he,
who sung of border’s rivalry

The bigots of the iron time
had called his harmless art a crime
No longer courted and caressed,
high placed in hall, a welcome guest

The last of all the bards was he,
who sung of border’s rivalry

The way was long, the wind was cold
The Minstrel was infirmed and old
His withered cheek and tresses grey
seemed to have known a better day

The last of all the bards was he,
who sung of border’s rivalry