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.
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,
Servitur cum sinapio.
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
The boar’s head, I dare well say,
Anon after the eleventh day,
He takes his leave and goes away,
Exivit tum de patria.
Caput apri defero
Reddens laudes Domino
|