Boar's Head Carol

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The Boar's Head Carol (1521)

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"The 'Boar's Head Carol' is a macaronic 15th century English Christmas carol that describes the ancient tradition of sacrificing a boar and presenting its head at a Yuletide feast. Of the several extant versions of the carol, the one most usually performed today is based on a version published in 1521 in Wynkyn de Worde's Christmasse Carolles."Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Versions of The Boar's Head Carol include:

"A Caroll Bringyng in the Bores Heed," in Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, (ed.) by William Sandys (1833).
"The Boar's Head Carol," in Our American Holidays - Christmas, (ed.) by Robert Haven Schauffler (1949).
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