Yule Lyrics

Any number of Christmas carols have been rewritten for a pagan sensibility. But we in Haven Song hold a special place in our hearts for that most pagan of carols, The Holly and the Ivy. We sing this slightly altered version every year as the call to worship for Yule (rewritten by Karen Deal Robinson).

The Holly and the Ivy

The Holly and the Ivy

When they are both full grown

Of all the trees that are in the woods

The holly wears the crown.

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The rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

All merry folk arise and sing

To greet the dawning year.

The holly has a berry

as red as any blood

and the ivy grows beneath the snow

that blankets all the wood.

Chorus

The holly has a blossom

As white as lily flower

And the ivy turns the winter wood

To a green and leafy bower.

Chorus