The Boar's Head Carol - Traditional English
Composed: 1521
Sung by: The King's Singers
The boarÕs head in hand bring I,
Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary.
I pray you, my masters, be merry
Quot estis in convivio
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Reddens laudes Domino.
The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico.
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Reddens laudes Domino.
Our steward hath provided this
In honor of the King of Bliss;
Which, on this day to be served is
In Reginensi atrio.
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Reddens laudes Domino.
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Reddens laudes Domino!