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 [as many as are at the feast].
Chorus (after each verse): 𝄆 Caput apri defero [I bring in the boar's head] Reddens laudes Domino [giving thanks to the lord] 𝄇 The boar's head as I understand Is the rarest dish in all the land, Which thus bedecked with a gay garland, Let us servire cantico [serve it with a song].
Our steward hath provided this In honour of the King of bliss, Which on this day to be served is In Reginensi atrio [in Queen's Hall].