Come to the feast When Jesus told of a certain man Who was preparing a great big banquet He sent his servant throughout the land to say Come to the feast (the feast) With all the guests that had been invited You would have t'ought they'd be so excited but When it came time for de banquet day They began to make excuses and say (pardon me) Chorus: Pardon Me (pardon me) I've just bought some new oxen and I've got to plow (pardon me) Pardon Me (pardon me) But I just bought a field and I've got to go check it out (pardon me) Pardon Me (pardon me) But my new bride, she's waitin' home for me And to say de least I've no time for a feast Me have to say tank you, but no (me have to say thank you, no, no, no, no) (Come to the feast) Now when the host saw that he'd been had To tell de trut' he got downright mad He only wanted his guests to be glad To come to the feast He sent his servants t'roughout that town With invitations to all the down and out The crippled, poor, and de blind and the lame Couldn't hear a one of them say (pardon me) Repeat Chorus (x2, with stepouts) And to say de least I've no time for a feast Me have to say tank you, but no (Have to say tank you, no; thank you no)