Green Grow'th the Holly

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Green Grow'th the Holly
Words and Music attributed to King Henry VIII

From the Silo Sessions album: Soli Deo Gloria: Songs for Christmas. Recorded by Coretta Warren, Dorie Rhodes, and Jennifer Maendel.

The old, abandoned silo at the Fox Hill Bruderhof delivers exceptional acoustics which provided the incentive to record these songs. The full effect of singing in a silo cannot be recaptured in a recording, but this is as close as we can take you. Accompanying the human vocals are sounds of nature including birdsong, crickets, and rain, and you will also hear an old access door creaking in the lofty vaults as well as an occasional passing car, so enjoy these sounds along with the singing.

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Lyrics:

Green grow’th the holly,
So doth the ivy;
Though winter blasts blow ne’er so high,
Green grow’th the holly.

Gay are the flowers,
Hedgerows and ploughlands;
The days grow longer in the sun,
Soft fall the showers.

Full gold the harvest,
Grain for thy labor;
With God must work for daily bread,
Else, man, thou starvest.

Fast fall the shed leaves,
Russet and yellow;
But resting buds are smug and safe
Where swung the dead leaves.

Green grow’th the holly,
So doth the ivy;
The God of life can never die.
Hope! saith the holly.

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