The boar's head in hand bear I
Bedecked with bays and rosemary;
And I pray you my masters be merry,
Quot estis in convivio as many as are at the feast.
Refrain
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,
When 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 Reginensis atrio In Queen's Hall.