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First Line: Now, of all the trees by the king's highway
Last Line: For that is our sweet aunt mary's tree.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hawker Of Morwenstow; Hawker, R. S.
Variant Title(s): Aunt Mary;the Holly
Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Holly


NOW of all the trees by the King's highway,
Which do you love the best?
O! the one that is green upon Christmas Day,
The bush with the bleeding breast.
Now the holly with her drops of blood for me:
For that is our dear Aunt Mary's tree.

Its leaves are sweet with our Saviour's Name,
'Tis a plant that loves the poor:
Summer and Winter it shines the same,
Beside the cottage door.
O! the holly with her drops of blood for me:
For that is our kind Aunt Mary's tree.

'Tis a bush that the birds will never leave:
They sing in it all day long;
But sweetest of all upon Christmas Eve,
Is to hear the robin's song.
'Tis the merriest sound upon earth and sea:
For it comes from our own Aunt Mary's tree.

So, of all that grow by the King's highway,
I love that tree the best;
'Tis a bower for the birds upon Christmas Day,
The bush of the bleeding breast
O! the holly with her drops of blood for me:
For that is our sweet Aunt Mary's tree.





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