Boar's Head
Carol Queens College Version, Oxford, England first
published 1521
The boar's head in hand bear I
Bedecked with bays and rosemary
I pray you, my masters, be merry
Quot estis in convivio (so many as are
in the feast)
CHO: Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes domino
(the boar's head I bring, giving praises
to God)
The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
Which thus bedecked with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico. (let us serve with
a song)
CHORUS:
Our steward hath provided
this
In honor of the King of bliss
Which, on this day to be served is
Boar's Head
Carol Queens College Version, Oxford, England first
published 1521
The boar's head in hand bear I
Bedecked with bays and rosemary
I pray you, my masters, be merry
Quot estis in convivio (so many as are
in the feast)
CHO: Caput apri defero,
Reddens laudes domino
(the boar's head I bring, giving praises
to God)
The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
Which thus bedecked with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico. (let us serve with
a song)
CHORUS:
Our steward hath provided
this
In honor of the King of bliss
Which, on this day to be served is