<html><body><div>Thanks to everyone who helped out singing along last night! For your further study and enjoyment:</div><div><br></div><div>'Bacche Bene Venies' is the name of the piece, it's also #200 in the Carmina Burana set of songs. The music is available in the fabulous Medieval Songs and Dance Volume 1 (available at http://www.istanpitta.com/cds_books/). My favorite recording so far is by Philip Picket and the New London Consort, in Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection. </div><div><br></div><div>The entire text of this version is available at http://www.lyrics74.com/PHILIP-PICKETT-AND-THE-NEW-LONDON-CONSORT-BACHE,-BENE-VENIES-LYRICS/483767/.</div><div><br></div><div>Some YouTube versions:</div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKPYEoS7KtU&list=FLQwt4XTv5yDdU2PxtaQkYpg&index=1&feature=plpp_video</div><div>(this one is the spoken text, spoken in Classic Latin as opposed to the Church Latin pronunciation that we used last night, thanks to Robert for reminding me that I had forgotten to mention my choices in presenting this.)</div><div>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBWsnxe1l9w&list=FLQwt4XTv5yDdU2PxtaQkYpg&index=2&feature=plpp_video</div><div>(Karaoke version!)</div><div>There are more out there, I regret that I could not again locate the cute Canadian boys singing this in a bar.</div><div><br></div><div>The chorus that we learned:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; ">Istud vinum, bonum vinum,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; ">vinum generosum,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; ">reddit virum curialem,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; ">probum, animosum.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial; font-size: small; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; ">Any mistakes that I made are all my own, and not due to my fine sources. I'll have all 13 verses down for Pennsic.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, sans-serif">yours in service,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, sans-serif">Kathryn</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, sans-serif">soon to be known as Balag bint Babaka al-Darwish ibn al-Qayna, call me 'Bugga'</font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div></body></html>