Agincourt Carol

Agincourt Carol
Facsimile of the Oxford version of the Agincourt Carol (15th century). Oxford, Bodleian Library, Manuscript Archives.

The Agincourt Carol (sometimes known as the Agincourt Song, the Agincourt Hymn, or by its chorus and central words, Deo gratias Anglia) is an English folk song written some time in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V of England defeated that of the French Charles VI in what is now the Pas-de-Calais region of France.

The carol is featured in Laurence Olivier's 1944 film Henry V.[1]

Lyrics

Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria!
[England, give thanks 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
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
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
Almighty God he keep owre kynge,
His peple, and alle his well-wyllynge,
And give them grace wythoute endyng;
Then may we call and savely syng:
Chorus[2]

The pattern of a strophe (verse) sung in English followed by a burden (chorus) in Latin followed a structure typical of the religious carols of the period.[3]

External links

Agincourt carol sheet music

References

  1. ^ "Soundtracks for "The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France"". IMDb entry for "The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France" (1944). Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036910/soundtrack. Retrieved 2007-04-19. 
  2. ^ "Der Hundertjährige Krieg: Der sogenannte "Agincourt Carol"". Abteilung für Mittelalterliche Geschichte der Universität Tübingen. Universität Tübingen. http://www.mittelalter.uni-tuebingen.de/?q=personen/widder/ss2000/carol.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-19. 
  3. ^ Roden, Timothy; Wright, Craig; Simms, Bryan (2010). Anthology for Music in Western Civilization. 1. Boston, MA: Schirmer. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-495-57274-9. 

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