Holly Night ft. Out Of Orion Lyrics

The Holly, the Holly

O, twine it with bay

Come, give the Holly a song

For it helps for to drive stern winter away

With his garment so sombre and long

It peeps through the trees with its berries of red

And its leaves

Oh, so burnished and green

And the flowers and fruits

Have long since been dead

And not even the daisy seen

Then sing to the Holly

The Christmas Holly

That hangs over peasant and king

While we laugh and carouse

Neath its glittering boughs

To the Christmas Holly we'll sing

The gale may whistle

The frost may come

To fetter the gurgling rill

The woods may be bare

And the warblers dumb

But the Holly is beautiful still

In the revel and delight of great princely halls

The bright Holly branches are found

And its green shadow falls

On the lowliest walls

While the horn of good measure goes round

Then drink to the Holly

The Christmas Holly

That hangs over peasant and king

While we laugh and carouse

Neath its glittering boughs

To the Christmas Holly we'll sing

The Ivy lives long

But its home must be

Where graves and ruins are spread

Great beauty is found in the cypress tree

But it flourishes nearest the dead

The laurel a warrior's brow may wreath

But its story's of sorrow and blood

I sing the Holly, and who can breathe

Aught of that which is not good

Then sing to the Holly

The Christmas Holly

That hangs over peasant and king

While we laugh and carouse

Neath its glittering boughs

To the Christmas Holly we'll sing