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As such, holly and ivy have been a mainstay of British Advent and Christmas decorations for Church use since at least the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when they were mentioned regularly in churchwardens' accounts (Roud 2004). [22] Holly and ivy figure in the lyrics of the "Sans Day Carol". The music was first published by Cecil Sharp. [23]
The song, which is listed as no. 35 in the Oxford Book of Carols, is very closely related to the more famous carol "The Holly and the Ivy". According to the Roud Folk Song Index, the "Sans Day Carol" and "The Holly and the Ivy" are variants of the same song (Roud 514).
The Holly and the Ivy seems particularly unsuitable: its dramatic conflict is a matter of a misunderstanding which, since the characters are scarcely explored, remains artificial, and it depends entirely on dialogue. In the circumstances, everything hangs on the playing, but the all star cast employed – Roland Culver, for instance, has a one ...
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Green Groweth the Holly", also titled "Green Grow'th the Holly", is a 16th-century English poem and carol written by King Henry VIII of England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The carol was written as "a carol for three voices".
Come, buy my nice fresh ivy, and my holly sprigs so green. I have the finest branches that ever yet were seen. Come buy from me, good Christians, and let me home, I pray, That God will bless your Christmas and a happy New Year's Day Ah, won't you buy my ivy? It's the loveliest I've seen. Ah, won't you buy my holly? Oh you who love the green.
With holly and ivy clad, Twelve days in the year, much mirth and good cheer, In every household is had; The country guise is then to devise Some gambols of Christmas play, Whereat the young men do best that they can, To drive the cold winter away. When white-bearded frost hath threatened his worst, And fallen from branch and brier,
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