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Formatsong text
TitleThe Holly and the Ivy
ContributorMiss Bessie Wallace
Index NameWallace, Miss Bessie
Source Document Jim Thomas MS Bibliography
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 00858

Scope and Content Notes

Genre song - carol
First lineThe Holly and the Ivy are trees that's very well known

6 stanzas

Contextual Notes

Learned from grandfather; never saw in print.
Grandfather was Jim Thomas, Union Street, Camborne, Cornwall; died 1934, aged 84. Learned from tradition; could not read music.


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