The Boar's Head Carol

From The Oxford Book of Carols, which we heartily recommend to all as the best and single most comprehensive source of carols of all kinds.


The Boar's Head in hand bear I,
Bedecked with bays and rosemary;
And I pray you, my masters, be merry,
Quot estis in convivio:
     Caput apri defero;
     Reddens laudes Domino.

The Boar's Head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all the land,
Which thus bedecked with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico:

Our steward hath provided this
In honor of the King of Bliss,
Which on this day to be served is
In Reginensi atrio:

The Boar's Head in hand bear I,
Bedecked with bays and rosemary;
And I pray you, my masters, be merry,
Quot estis in convivio:


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