Holly, Ivy, And Rose

Tori Amos · Other Songs - Tori Amos

Lo! How a Rose e'er blooming,

from tender stem hath sprung

Of Jesse's lineage coming

by ancient sibyls sung



A rose doth bear a flower

all in the cold midwinter

and at the midnight hour



He waits for her to find

The heart she left behind

He prays she'll find her way

To be his bride some day



Ivy, of all the trees in the wood,

Holly warms the Rose

Holly and the Ivy

when they are both full grown

of all the trees in the wood

Holly bears the crown

The Holly and the Ivy

The running of the deer

For his Rose to bloom

Holly waits every year