Sans day Carol (Traditional)

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General Information

Title: Sans day Carol
Composer: Traditional

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: English
Instruments: organ
Published: From The Cornish Song Book (London: Reid Bros., Ltd., 1929), p. 123.

Description: Traditional words and music from the Oxford Book of Carols, collected in Cornwall. St. Day was a Breton saint.

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Original text and translations

English text

1.

Now the holly bears a berry

as white as the milk,

And Mary bore Jesus,

all wrapped up in silk:

Refrain:

And Mary bore Jesus

our Saviour for to be,

And the first tree in the greenwood,

it was the holly. Holly! Holly!

And the first tree in the greenwood,

it was the holly!

2.

Now the holly bears a berry

as green as the grass,

And Mary bore Jesus,

who died on the cross:

3.

Now the holly bears a berry

as black as the coal,

And Mary bore Jesus,

who died for us all:

4.

Now the holly bears a berry,

as blood is it red,

Then trust we our Saviour,

who rose from the dead: