Holly, Ivy and Rose - Tori Amos

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming

From tender stem hath sprung!

Of Jesse’s lineage coming

By ancient sibyls sung

A rose doth bear a flower

All in the cold midwinter

And at the midnight hour

And he waits for who to find

The heart she left behind

And he prays she’ll find her way

To be his bride someday

Ivy

Of all the trees in the wood

Holly wants/woos the Rose

Holly and the Ivy

When they are both full grown

Of all the trees in the wood

Holly bears the crown

Holly and the Ivy

The running of the deer

For his Rose to bloom

Holly waits every year

He waits for who to find

The heart she left behind

He prays she’ll find her way

To be his bride someday

Ivy

Of all the trees in the wood

Holly wants/woos the Rose

Holly and the Ivy

When they are both full grown

Of all the trees in the wood

Holly bears the crown

The holly and the Ivy

The running of the deer

For his Rose to bloom

Holly waits every year

For his Rose to bloom

Holly waits every year

Waits every year

Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming

From tender stem hath sprung!

The frozen air perfuming

That tiny bloom doth swell

Its rays the night illuming

The darkness quite dispel

O flower beyond compare

Bloom in our heart’s midwinter

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