Saturday, 15 September 2018

Agincourt Carol - Anonymous 15th Century English




Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!
[Give thanks, England, to God for victory!]


Owre Kynge went forth to Normandy
With grace and myght of chyvalry
Ther God for hym wrought mervelusly;
Wherefore Englonde may call and cry


Chorus
Deo gratias!
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!


He sette sege, forsothe to say,
To Harflu towne with ryal aray;
That toune he wan and made afray
That Fraunce shal rewe tyl domesday.


Chorus
Deo gratias!
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!


Then went hym forth, owre king comely,
In Agincourt feld he faught manly;
Throw grace of God most marvelsuly,
He had both feld and victory.


Chorus
Deo gratias!
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!


Ther lordys, erles and barone
Were slayne and taken and that full soon,
Ans summe were broght into Lundone
With joye and blisse and gret renone.


Chorus
Deo gratias!
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!


Almighty God he keep owre kynge,
His people, and alle his well-wyllynge,
And give them grace wythoute endyng;
Then may we call and savely syng:


Chorus
Deo gratias!
Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!


Alamire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vX8i7zFLDg


Poxy Boggards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9WZO4W1be4


Maddy Prior and June Tabor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK16e-Emrms







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