Walter Scott - Minstrel's Request

[Pythia]

I'm trying to track down a poem by Sir Walter Scott called The Minstrel's Request (or possibly the Minstrels' Request) and have so far failed completely.
Please please - anyone out there know it?

[La Diva]

Is this the Singer's Request:

Dark the night and long till day; do not bid us further stray. Dark the night and long till day; do not bid us further stray.

Now the sun it doth decline, pour the beer and pour the wine. We can lead your thoughts astray from the world and from the day.

We sing songs of history, love and war and mystery. We can lead you from dispair, or can chill the darkening air.

You may choose to pass us by with a cruel or scornful eyc. We will see the ending through, then we'll turn and say to you:

Or you could look at this one:

http://www.wesweb.net/recordings/tradarrjones/ thesingersrequest.html

[Pythia]

Hi Diva
This is indeed at the root of my query: trying to find Nic Jones' source. In fact it seems all he took from Walter Scott was the line 'Do not bid us further stray'. The rest is presumably original, as I finally tracked down the Walter Scott at last, which appears in 'Rokeby' and (when extracted from amongst the prose) goes as follows:

Minstrel�s Song

Summer eve is gone and past
Summer dew is fading fast
I have wandered all the day
Do not bid me further stray
Gentle folk of gentle kin
Let the wandering harper in

Bid me not in battlefield
Buckler lift or broadsword wield
All my strength and all my art
Is to touch the gentle heart
With the wizard notes that ring
From the peaceful minstrel string

I have song of war for knight
Lay of love for lady bright
Faery tale to lull the heir
Goblin grim the maids to scare
Dark the night and long till day
Do not bid me further stray.

But thanks for your reply - I'm due to sing Singers Request soon and was unhappy with the last verse (Busker's Grumble, more like) so was looking for alternative verses.
Cheers