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Holly & Ivy

from Bonefires EP by LUNATRAKTORS

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lyrics

The Holly and the Ivy
They made a great party–

Oh who between the two of them
Shall have the mastery?



So fierce and so jolly,
With berries red as blood
All must name Holly
King of the winter wood

But Ivy bears a berry 

As black as any sloe
And all the birds that are in the wood
They eat them as they go

Nay, Ivy, nay
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It shall not be, iwis
Holly has the mastery

As the manner is

So Holly stands in the high hall

So fair to behold

And Ivy grows outside the door

All in the winter cold

Holly and his merry men
They drink and they sing
And Ivy and her maidens
They weep and they wring

But Ivy all the long year

Grows strong as any wire

And the Holly curls so brittle

Waiting there beside the fire

Oh the rising of the sun

And the running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ
Sweet singing round the fire

credits

from Bonefires EP, released October 16, 2020
Vocals, Flute, Percussion: Carli Jefferson
Vocals, Whistles, Reeds: Clair Le Couteur
Recording, Mixing: Julian Whitfield, Space Sequoia studio

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LUNATRAKTORS Waterford, Ireland

Broken folk experiments by Clair Le Couteur (vocals, drones) and Carli Jefferson (vocals, percussion). MOJO Magazine Top Ten Folk Albums 2019 & 2021. Weird musical performances in the Anglo-Celtic tradition.

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