Name: The Boar's Head Carol
Duration: P00H04M04S
Description: A psychedelic folk take on a classic (as in medieval) Christmas song.

The Boar's Head Carol

by Joshua Gannon-Salomon

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A psychedelic folk take on a classic (as in medieval) Christmas song.

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The boar's head in hand bear I,
Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary
And I pray you, my masters, merry be
Quot estis in convivio (Translation: As many as are in the feast)

CHORUS
Caput apri defero (Translation: The boar's head I bear)
Reddens laudes Domino (Translation: Giving praises to the Lord)

The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the rarest dish in all this land,
Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland
Let us servire cantico. (Translation: Let us serve with a song)

CHORUS

Our steward hath provided this
In honour of the King of Bliss;
Which on this day to be servèd is
In Reginensi atrio. (Translation: In the hall of Queen’s [College, Oxford])

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released December 16, 2018
All arrangements and instruments, mixing and mastering, Josh Gannon-Salomon

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