The Boar’s Head

The boar's head in hand bear I
Bedecked with bay and rosemary;
So I pray you my masters be merry
Quot estis in convivio
[So many as are in the feast]

Chorus:
Caput apri defero
[I bring the boar's head]
Reddens laudes Domino
[Giving praises to God]

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
[serve with a song]

Chorus

Our steward hath provided this
In honour of the King of bliss
Which on this day to be served is
In Reginensis atrio
[In the Queen's hall]

Chorus