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T:The Holly Tree (Y Gelynnen)
B:Singing Together, Autumn 1971, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:2/4     %Meter
L:1/16     %
K:D
F2 |D2F2 D2F2 |D2F2 A3A |B2B2 e3d | c2 A6 |
w:Now ga-ther round my lov-ing friends, And let us praise the hol-ly.
d3d D2F2 |D2F2 B3A |G2(FG) E2A2 | F2 D6 |
w:There's no tree grows in the wood That is so_ bright and jol-ly.
DEFG A2A2 |DEFG A3A |B2B2 e3d | c2 A6 |
w:Fol-di-rol-di-ri-do, Fol-di-rid-dle-ri, O fol-di-rol-di-ri-do!
d3d D2F2 |D2F2 B3A |G2(FG) E2A2 | F2 D6 |]
w:There's no tree grows in the wood That is so_ bright and jol-ly!
W:Now gather round my loving friends,
W:And let us praise the holly.
W:There's no tree grows in the wood
W:That is so bright and jolly.
W:
W:(Chorus)
W:Fol-di-rol-di-ri-do, Fol-di-rid-dle-ri,
W:O fol-di-rol-di-ri-do!
W:There's no tree grows in the wood
W:That is so bright and jolly!
W:
W:The ancient oak is very strong,
W:The yew is melancholy.
W:You can have them both so long
W:As you give me the holly!
W:
W:The sparrows and the blackbird nest
W:In trees that please their folly,
W:But my sweetheart loves to rest
W:Beneath the shining holly!
W: