The Holly and the Ivy (song)

Floyd and Janice singing the song in A Muppet Family Christmas.

"The Holly and the Ivy" is an English traditional Christmas carol. The carol contains intermingled Christian and Pagan imagery, with holly and ivy representing Pagan fertility symbols.

Lyrics

The holly and the ivy

When they are both full grown

Of all the trees that are in the wood

The holly bears the crown

[Chorus]

The rising of the sun

And the running of the deer

The playing of the merry organ

Sweet singing in the choir

The holly bears a blossom

As white as lily flow'r

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

To be our sweet Savior

[Chorus]

The holly bears a berry

As red as any blood

And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ

To do poor sinners good

[Chorus]