X:1
T:Boar's Head Carol
M:4/4
L:1/4
Z:Kevin Goess 9/7/2004
C:trad., pub. 1521
Q:120
N:Sung every Christmas at Queen's College, Oxford, first published in 1521.
K:C
G | "C" c2 c>c | "G" B c G>E | "F" F F A>F | "G" G>G "C" c G/G/ |
w:The boar's head in hand bear I, Be-decked with bays and rose-ma-ry; And I
"C" c c/c/ c c | "G" B c G>E | "F" F F A>F | "G" G>G "C" c2 ||
w:pray you, my mas-ters, be mer-ry, Quot es-tis in con-vi-vi-o:
"C" c>c "G" B B | "C" c c "G" G2 | "F" F F A>F | "G" G>G "C" c2 |]
w:Ca-put a-pri de-fe-ro, Red-dens lau-des Do-mi-no.
W:
W:2.
W:The boar's head, as I understand, 
W:Is the rarest dish in all this land,
W:Which thus bedecked with a gay garland,
W:Let us servire cantico:
W:3.
W:Our steward hath provided this,
W:In honour of the King of bliss,
W:Which on this day to be served is,
W:In Reginensi atrio: