Azincourt Carol
This
carol would be sung to the music being played when our site opened,
written
in celebration of Henry V's victory in France 25th October 1415,
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Deo gracias Anglia
Redde pro victoria
1. Owre kynge went forth to Normandy
With grace and myght of chyvalry;
Ther God for hym wrought mervelusly;
Wherfore Englonde may calle and cry,
'Deo gracias.'
Deo gracias Anglia
Redde pro victoria
2. He sette a sege, the sothe for
to say,
To Harflu toune with ryal aray;
That toune he wan and made a fray
That Fraunce shal rywe tyl domesday;
Deo gracias.
3. Than went oure kynge with alle
his oste
Throwe Fraunce, for alle the Freshe boste;
He spared no drede of lest ne most
Tyl he come to Agincourt coste;
Deo gracias.
4. Than, forsoth, that knyght
comely,
In Agincourt feld he faught manly;
Thorw grace of Gode most myghty
He had bothe the felde and the victory;
Deo gracias.
5. There dukys and erlys, lorde
and barone
Were take and slayne, and that wel sone,
And summe were ladde into Lundone
With joye and merthe and grete renone;
Deo gracias.
6. Now gracious God he save oure
kynge,
His peple, and alle his welwyllynge;
Yef hym gode lyfe and gode endynge,
That we with merth mowe savely synge;
Deo gracias.
This information copied and used by the kind permission of Curtis Clark from his website at http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/emusic/medieval.html
Document updated 20/08/04
