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The boar's head in hand bear |
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IBedecked with bay and rosemary; |
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So I pray you my masters be merry, |
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Quot estis in convivio [as many as are at the feast]. |
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ChorusCaput apri defero [I bring in the boar's head] |
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Reddens laudes |
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Domino [Giving thanks to the lord] |
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Caput apri defero |
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Reddens laudes |
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DominoThe boar's head as |
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I understand |
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Is the rarest dish in all the land, |
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Which thus bedecked with a gay garland, |
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Let us servire cantico [serve it with a song]. |
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ChorusOur steward hath provided this |
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In honour of the |
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King of bliss, |
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Which on this day to be served is |
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In Reginensis atrio [In Queen's Hall]. |
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Chorus |
