Agincourt Carol
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A 15th-century depiction of the Battle of Agincourt.
The Agincourt Carol (sometimes known as the Agincourt Song) is an English folk song written sometime in the early 15th century. It recounts the 1415 Battle of Agincourt, in which the English army led by Henry V 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.
[edit] Lyrics
- Our King went forth to Normandy,
- With grace and might of chivalry;
- The God for him wrought marv'lously,
- Wherefore England may call and cry
- Chorus
- Deo gratias:
- Deo gratias Anglia redde pro Victoria.
- He set a siege, sooth for to say,
- To Harfleur town with Royal array;
- That town he won, and made a fray,
- That France shall rue until Domesday.
- Chorus
- Then went our King, with all his host
- Through France, for all the Frenchman’s boast;
- Nor spared for dread of least nor most,
- Until he came to Agincourt coast.
- Chorus
- Then foresooth that Knight comely,
- In Agincourt field he fought manly:
- Through grace of God most mighty,
- He had both the field and the victory.
- Chorus
- Their dukes and earls, lords and barons,
- Were ta’en and slain and that well soon:
- And some were led into London,
- With joy and mirth and great renown.
- Chorus
- The gracious God now save our King,
- His people and all his well willing:
- Give him good life and good ending,
- That we with mirth may safely sing.
- Chorus
[edit] External Links
The Agincourt Song in interactive hypermedia (Shockwave required) at the BinAural Collaborative Hypertext.
