Caleno custure me


Caleno custure me is the title of a song mentioned in Shakespeare's Henry V. 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.
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 song Cailín Óg a Stór. It has also been claimed to be from the Irish Cailín ó Chois tSiúre , "I am a girl from the Suir-side" from the 17th century Irish poem Mealltar bean le beagán téad.