Read the following stanzas from a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Then answer the question that follows.

Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly,
Down to towered Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers "'Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott."

Part II

There she weaves by night and day
A magic web with colours gay.
She has heard a whisper say,
A curse is on her if she stay
To look down to Camelot.
She knows not what the curse may be,
And so she weaveth steadily,
And little other care hath she,
The Lady of Shalott.

What is the best paraphrase of the bolded stanza?

A) Music follows the river through the fields of barley.
B) People are working in the fields and hear music that comes from a tower. They gossip about it while they gather barley.
C) There are murmurs in the fields about a woman they call "The Lady of Shalott." It is rumored that she is a fairy. The tired reapers who are out in the fields early supposedly hear the fairy singing songs all the way from the river to the road to Camelot.
D)Workers are in a field gossiping about a woman who sings a lot.