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Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:29:46
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This is my piano version of "The Holly and the Ivy" a traditional Christmas carol, which is among the most lightly Christianized carols of the Yuletide—the holly and the ivy being among the most familiar Druidic plants[. "Holly and ivy have been the mainstay of Christmas decoration for church use since at least the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when they are mentioned regularly in churchwardens accounts" (Roud 2004). You can hear my wonderful new Christmas album at www.joolsscott.co.uk or http There's piano, cello, guitar, double bass, trumpet, lots of singing, cheer and jollity. Sir Henry Walford Davies wrote a popular choral arrangement that is often performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols and by choirs around the world. Lyrics The holly and the ivy when they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown Refrain: Oh, the rising of the sun and the running of the deer The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir The holly bears a blossom as white as lily flower And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to be our sweet savior Refrain The holly bears a berry as red as any blood And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ to do poor sinners good Refrain The holly bears a prickle as sharp as any thorn And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ on Christmas Day in the morn Refrain The holly bears a bark as bitter as any gall And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ for to redeem us all Refrain The music and most of the text was collected by ...

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