The Boar’s Head Carol
# The Boar’s Head Carol

The Boar’s Head Carol (Eberkopf-Choral) ist ein makkaronisches traditionelles englisches Weihnachtslied aus der Zeit vor 1500.

Von verschiedenen Versionen dieses Carols ist die heute am meisten verbreitete die 1521 in Wynkyn de Wordes Christmasse Carolles veröffentlichte.

Es wird alljährlich zu Weihnachten im Queen’s College in Oxford gesungen.

Modernere Arrangement stammen von Elizabeth Poston und von David Willcocks.

## Text

| Text von 1521 Caput apri differo Reddens laudes domino. The bores heed in hand bring I, With garlans gay and rosemary, I pray you all synge merely Qui estis in convivio. The bores heed, I vnderstande, Is the chefe seruyce in this lande; Loke, where euer it be fande, Seruite cum cantico. Be gladde lordes, both more and lasse, For this hath ordeyned our stewarde To chere you all this Christmasse, The bores heed with mustarde. | Neuere Version aus dem Queen’s College The boar’s head in hand bear I, Bedeck’d with bays and rosemary; And I pray you, my masters, be merry, Quot estis in convivio Caput Apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. The boar’s head, as I understand, Is the rarest disk in all this land, Which thus bedeck’d with a gay garland, Let us servire cantico. Caput Apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. Our Steward hath provided this In honour of the King of Bliss; Which on this day to be served is In reginensi Atrio. Caput Apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. |
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