"Green Grows The Holly" lyrics - CALEXICO

Green grows the holly
And so does the ivy
Though the winter winds blow
Never so high

Green grows the holly
Gay are the flowers
Hedgerows and the ploughhands
The days grow long
Longer in the sun
So soft fall the showers

Full gold the harvest
And grain for your labor
With God must work
For daily bread

Or else, man will starve
Fast fall the shed leaves
Russet and yellow
But resting buds
Are smug and safe
Where swung the dead leaves
Swung the dead leaves

Green grows the holly
And so does the ivy
The God of life can never die
And hope, says the holly

Green grows the holly
And so does the ivy
The God of life can never die
And hope, says the holly

Green grows the holly, oh
Green grows the holly
So does the ivy