Although Alex Hassilev received the writing credit on the 1963 live album "Our Men in San Francisco", the lyrics to "á làuberge de l'écu" (in English, "At the Buckler's Inn") apparently largely anticipated the lyrics to "The Lute Player". If so, then, by today's standard, the lyrics are tame. See https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%C3%A1-l%C3%A0uberge-de-l%C3%A9cu-bucklers-inn.html .