Editing Caleno custure me

{{Short description|Song mentioned in Shakespeare's Henry V}}
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'''''Caleno custure me''''' (also spelled '''''Calin o custure me''''') is the title of a song mentioned in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Henry V (play)|Henry V]] (IV,4). The context is on a [[Hundred Years' War]] battlefield, where an English soldier cannot understand his French captive and intending to answer in similar gibberish pronounces the title of the song.

:''French Soldier''
:Je pense que vous etes gentilhomme de bonne qualite.
:''PISTOL''
:Qualtitie calmie custure me! Art thou a gentleman?
:what is thy name? discuss.
:''French Soldier''
:O Seigneur Dieu!

The song as preserved has English lyrics, with this single line of mock-Latin as its Chorus. The origin of the line is not Latin, however, but is most commonly believed to refer to the [[Irish language|Irish]]-language song [[Cailín Óg a Stór]]. It has also been claimed<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/shakespeare-and-an-irish-tune-1.545410, Shakespeare and an Irish tune]</ref> to be from the [[Irish language|Irish]] ''Cailín ó Chois tSiúre mé'', "I am a girl from the [[Suir]]-side" from the 17th century Irish poem ''Mealltar bean le beagán téad''.<ref>[http://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/pageturner.cfm?id=76586450&mode=transcription Dánta Grádha (Love Poems)]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Macaronic]]

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