The Borys Hede That We Bryng Here
In Die Nativitatis
For Christmas
Alternate Title: The Boar's Head
Compare: The Boar's Head
Carol
See generally:
Notes On The
Boar's Head Carols
For Christmas
Words: English Traditional, Temp. Henry VII or VIII, from The "Ritson Manuscript," British Museum MS. Addit 5665, fol. 5, v0.
Music: Attributed to Richard
Smert, Devonshire, circa 15th Century.
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Source: William Sandys, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (London: Richard Beckley, 1833)
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Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell
Tydyngs gode y thyngke to telle.
1. The borys hede that we bryng here
Be tokeneth a prince with oute pere,
Ys born' this day to bye vs dere,
Nowell.
2. A bore ys a souerayn beste,
And acceptable in euõy feste,
So mote thys lord be to moste and leste,
Nowell.
3. This borys hede we bryng wt
song
In worchyp of hym that thus sprang
Of a virgyne to redresse all wrong,
Nowell.
Sheet Music from John Stafford Smith, Musica Antiqua. Vol. 1. (London: Printed & Sold by Preston, 1812), #22.
Sheet music from Edmonstoune Duncan, The
Story of the Carol (London:
The Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1911), pp. 188-189 ("with thanks to Dr. John
Speller")
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In this version, the first line of the first
verse reads:
"The boar's head that I bring here."
Editor's Note:
For notes concerning this carol, please see The Boar's Head, That We Bring Here (Husk, 1868).
Copies of this carol on this site:
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The Boar's Head That We Bring Here - Ritson (1782); first publication in Ritson's Observations on Warton's History of English Poetry
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The Borys Hede That We Bryng Here (Sandys, 1833, with notes) (this page)
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The borys hede that we bryng here (Thomas Wright, 1841)
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The Boar's Head, That We Bring Here (Husk, 1868, with notes)
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