The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15689 Message #4086641
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Jan-21 - 07:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Holly and the Ivy
Subject: ADD Version: The Holly and the Ivy
Here's another alternate version, very similar to the version Dawn found:
The Holly and the Ivy
Oh the holly and the ivy, Now they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown.
Chorus: Oh the rising of the sun, The running of the deer. All merry folk arise and sing To greet the dawning year.
Oh the holly bears a berry As red as any blood, And the ivy grows beneath the snows That blanket all the wood.
Chorus
Oh the holly bears a blossom As white as any flower, And the ivy turns the winter wood To a green and leafy bower.
Chorus
Oh the holly bears a bark Bitter as any gall, And the ivy leaves are shaped like stars In the skies above us all.
Chorus
Oh the holly bears a prickle As sharp as any thorn, And the ivy climbs on hills and towers To greet the Yuletide morn.