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