Deo gracias Anglia
(The Agincourt Carol) 
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Chorus: 
Deo gracias Anglia redde pro victoria.

Owre kynge went forth to Normandy with grace and myght of chivalry;
Ther God for hym wrought marvelously; wherfore Englonde may calle and cry,
Deo gracias.

Chorus: 
Deo gracias Anglia redde pro victoria.

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.

Chorus: 

Than went oure kynge with alle his oste throwe Fraunce, for alle the Freshe boste; 
He spared no drede of lest ne moste Tyl he come to Agincourt coste; 
Deo gracias.

Chorus: 

Than, forsoth, that knyght comely, in Agincourt feld he faught manly;
Throw grace of God most mighty he had bothe the felde and the victory; 
Deo gracias.

Chorus: 
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.

Chorus: 
Now gracious God he save oure kynge, his peple, and alle his wel-wyllynge;
Yef hym gode lyfe and gode endynge, that we with mirth mowe savely synge; 
Deo gracias.

Chorus: 
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Phonetic version:

Oore king-uh wend foorth toh Nohr-mahn-dee weth grahss and meecht of chivahlree
There Gohd for hem roht mehrvelooslee wherefor-uh Englond-uh my call and cree

Hay set-uh sej the soth toh sy toh Harfloo ton-uh weth reeal ary
Thaht ton-uh hay won and mahd a fry thaht Fraunss-uh shahl ryoo tel dom-uhz-dy

Thahn went oore king-uh weth all-uh his ost-uh throw-uh Fraunss-uh , for all-uh the Fresh-uh bost-uh hay spah-red no dred-uh of lest ne most-uh Tell hay com toh Ah-jen-coor cost-uh

Thahn, forsoth, thaht nicht com-uh-lee en Ah-jen-coor feld hay faucht mahn-lee;
Throw grahss of Gohd most meechtee hay hahd both-uh the feld-uh and the victory

There dook-uhs and erl-uhs, lord-uh and baronuh wehr-uh tahk-uh and slyn-uh, and that wel son-uh,
And summ-uh were lahd-uh into Lundon-uh Weth joy-uh and mirth-uh and greht-uh renon-uh.

No grahsseeuss Gohd hay sahv-uh oore king-uh, Hes pepple, and all-uh hes well-willing-uh;
Yef hemm god-uh leaf and god-uh ending-uh, that way weth meerth mowe sahvelee sing-uh.



http://www.xprt.net/~vox/Music/English.html
http://diasquevoam.blogspot.com/2007/11/deo-gracias-anglia-ou-de-como-dos-mitos.html
http://www.pbm.com/pipermail/minstrel/2002/011741.html
http://www.kcbx.net/~mbierbau/anglia.htm
1 http://maucamedus.net/PDF/selden17v.pdf
* http://www.acc.umu.se/~akadkor/3pdf/Agincourt%20carol.pdf

http://providencemusic.co.uk/spweb/images/publications/pdf/SP652%20First%20Page.pdf