B
The boar's head in hand bear I
E Gb B
Bedecked with bays and rosemary
B
And I pray you, my masters, be merry
E Gb B
Quod estes in convivio
B
Caput apri defero
E Gb B
Reddens laudes Domino
B
The boar's head, as I understand,
E Gb B
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
B
Which thus bedecked with a gay garland
E Gb B
Let us servire cantico
B
Caput apri defero
E Gb B
Reddens laudes Domino
B
Our steward hath provided this
E Gb B
In honour of the King of Bliss
B
Which on this day to be served is
E Gb B
In Reginensi atrio
B
Caput apri defero
E Gb B
Reddens laudes Domino