X: 2023
T: Boar's Head Carol   [D]
R: Air
C: Trad. 1521
O: England
S: https://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=pghardy.net/tunebooks/pgh_xmas_tunebook/0007 2023-11-07
Z: Paul Hardy's Xmas Tunebook 2019 (see www.paulhardy.net). Creative Commons cc by-nc-sa licenced.
N: Version from Darlene Wigton & Clare Hurley
Z: 2023 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: ca. 15th C, from Joseph Ames collection of Typographical Antiquities, 1812 (as sung at Queen’s College, Oxford, in 1811)
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
%Q: 1/4=140
K: D
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A | "D"d2 d>d | "A"c "D"d "A"A>F | "G"GG "Em"B>G | "A"AA H"D"d ||
A | "D"d>d dd | "A"c "D"d "A"A>F | "G"GG "Em"B>G | "A"AA H"D"d2 |]
|: \
"D"[fd]>[fd] "A"[ec][ec] | "Bm"[dB][dB] "F#m"[c2A2] | "G"[BG][BG] "D"[AF][dF] | "A"[AE][cG] "D"[d2F2] :|
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W:1.The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedecked with bays and rosemary;
W: And I pray you, my masters, be merry, Quot estis in convivio.
W:   |: Caput Apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. :|
W:2.The boar's head, as I understand, Is the rarest dish in all this land;
W:Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland, Let us servire cantico.
W:   |: Caput Apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. :|
W:3.Our steward hath provided this, In honour of the king of bliss;
W:Which on this day to be served is, In Reginensi Atrio.
W:   |: Caput Apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino. :|
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%% Older version:
%% X: 520
%% T: the Boar's Head Carol   [D]
%% M: 4/4
%% L: 1/8
%% K: D
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%% d2 dd d2 d2 | c2 d2 A3 F | G2 G2 B3 G | A2 A2 d4 |]
%% d3 d c2 c2 | d2 d2 A4 | G2 G2 B3 G | A2 A2 d4 |
%% d3 d c2 c2 | d2 d2 A4 | G2 G2 B3 G | A2 A2 d4 |]