Christmas Poems » Bringing in the Boar’s Head
Caput apri defero
Reddens laudes domino.
The boar's head in hand bring I,
With garlands gay and rosemary;
I pray you all sing merrily
Qui estis in convivio.
The boar's head, I understand,
Is the chief service in this land;
Look, wherever it be fand,
Servite cum cantico.
Be glad, lords, both more and less,
For this hath ordained our steward
To cheer you all this Christmas,
The boar's head with mustard.
- Ritson's Ancient Songs
- On the Morning of Christa's Nativity
- To be Eaten with Mustard
- The First Roman Christmas
- Christmas Day in the Morning
- The Three Damsels
- Praise of Christmas
- King Olafa's Christmas
- Wintera's Delights
- Good King Wenceslas
- A Christmas Catch
- The Wise Men of the East
- The Country Life
- Christmas Eve Customs
- Christmas Omnipresent
- Merry Souls
- An Old English Christmas-Tide
- Christmas in the Olden Time
- Sings of Christmas
- Ceremonies for Christmas
- The Mistletoe
- Bringing in the Boara's Head
- A Bedside Ditty
- The Boara's Head Carol
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