The Boar’s Head Carol

The ^C boar’s head in ^G hand bear I,
Be- ^F deck’d with bays and ^G rosema- ^C ry;
And I ^C pray you, my masters,
^G be merry, Quot ^F estis in con- ^G vivi- ^C o
^C Caput ^G Apri ^C defe- ^G ro
^F Reddens laudes ^G Domi- ^C no.

 

The boar’s head in hand bear I,
Bedeck’d 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 disk in all this land,
Which thus bedeck’d with a gay garland,
Let us servire cantico.
Caput Apri defero
Reddens laudes Domino.

Our Steward hath provided this
In honour of the King of Bliss;
Which on this day to be served is
In reginensi Atrio.
Caput Apri defero
Reddens laudes Domino.