| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Ivy has a berry, as black as any sin. |
| It’s not much use in jams
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| Or pies and horrible in gin
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Holly has a stalk, as green as any veg. |
| If you chop it up in salad
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| It will set your teeth on edge
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Ivy has a poison that makes you itch like hell. |
| If you boil it up
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| In stews it will make you sick as well
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Holly has a root, beneath the earth it rots, and if you suck it
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| Slowly it will bring you out in spots
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Ivy has a leaf, sometimes it’s variegated. |
| Sometimes it not that
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| Goes to show how things get complicated
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Holly has a flower. |
| It’s hardly worth a mention; |
| and I don’t
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| See why these two trees should get all this attention
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly. |
| You’d know if you have seen them. |
| Of all the
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| Trees that grow in the wood, there’s no good points between them
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| Oh, the Ivy and the Holly, when they are both full grown. |
| The Ivy needs the
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| Holly for it can’t stand up alone. |
| The Ivy needs the Holly for it can’t
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| Stand up alone |