{"id":8875,"date":"2022-04-01T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=8875"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:42:21","slug":"the-holly-and-the-ivy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/the-holly-and-the-ivy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holly and the Ivy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE<\/span><\/p>\n

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY<\/span>
\nWHEN THEY ARE BOTH FULL GROWN OF ALL TREES THAT ARE IN THE WOOD THE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN<\/span><\/p>\n

(REFRAIN)<\/span><\/p>\n

O, THE RISING OF THE SUN<\/span>
\nAND THE RUNNING OF THE DEER THE PLAYING OF THE MERRY ORGAN SWEET SINGING IN THE CHOIR<\/span><\/p>\n

THE HOLLY BEARS A BLOSSOM<\/span>
\nAS WHITE AS LILY FLOW’R<\/span>
\nAND MARY BORE SWEET JESUS CHRIST TO BE OUR DEAR SAVIOR<\/span><\/p>\n

(SING REFRAIN)<\/span><\/p>\n

THE HOLLY BEARS A BERRY<\/span>
\nAS RED AS ANY BLOOD<\/span>
\nAND MARY BORE SWEET JESUS CHRIST TO DO POOR SINNERS GOOD<\/span><\/p>\n

(SING REFRAIN)<\/span>
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THE HOLLY BEARS A PRICKLE<\/span>
\nAS SHARP AS ANY THORN<\/span>
\nAND MARY BORE SWEET JESUS CHRIST ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORN<\/span><\/p>\n

(SING REFRAIN)<\/span><\/p>\n

THE HOLLY BEARS A BARK,<\/span>
\nAS BITTER AS ANY GALL,<\/span>
\nAND MARY BORE SWEET JESUS CHRIST FOR TO REDEEM US ALL.<\/span><\/p>\n

(SING REFRAIN)<\/span><\/p>\n

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY,<\/span>
\nWHEN THEY ARE BOTH FULL GROWN, OF ALL THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE WOOD,<\/span>
\nTHE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN.<\/span><\/p>\n

(SING REFRAIN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE THE HOLLY AND THE IVY WHEN THEY ARE BOTH FULL GROWN OF ALL TREES THAT ARE IN THE WOOD THE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN (REFRAIN) O, THE RISING OF THE SUN AND THE RUNNING OF THE DEER THE PLAYING OF THE MERRY ORGAN SWEET SINGING … CLICK TO VIEW SONGThe Holly and the Ivy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}