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The Boar's Head Carol

1. The boar's head in hand bear I
   Bedecked with bays and rosemary
   I pray you, my masters, be merry
   Quot estis in convivio.       [howsoever many are at the feast]
   Caput apri defero,       [I bring the boar's head]
   Reddens laudes Domino       [rendering praises to the Lord]
   

2. The boar's head, as I understand,
   Is the rarest dish in all the land,
   Which thus bedecked with a gay garland
   Servitur cum sinapio.       [it is served with mustard]
   Caput apri defero,
   Reddens laudes Domino
   

3. Our steward hath provided this
   In honour of the King of bliss
   Which on this day to be served is
   In Reginensi Atrio:       [in the Queen's hall]
   Caput apri defero,
   Reddens laudes Domino
   

4. The boar's head, I dare well say,
   Anon after the eleventh day,
   He takes his leave and goes away,
   Exivit tum de patria.       [he has then left the fatherland]
   Caput apri defero,
   Reddens laudes Domino
   

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