Green groweth the holly - VIII, Henry

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"The text is a carol. Music is provided for the burden only, which is intended to follow each verse. Although the verses can be shoehorned into this music, that will not have been the original intention. Like a number of other pieces in the same manuscript, the verses must have been sung to a known tune, or perhaps improvised, by a soloist."

◈ Genre → Partsongs ♬ Voicing → STT ¶ Language → English

Parts 3

Instruments A cappella

Pages 1

CPDL # 87007

Editor Jason Smart

Posted 2025-10-06

License Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives

¶Lyrics / Text

Green groweth the holly, So doth the ivy, Though winter blasts blow never so high; Geen groweth the holly. As the holly groweth green And never changeth hue, So I am, ever hath been Unto my lady true. As the holly groweth green With ivy all alone, When flowers cannot be seen And greenwood leaves be gone. Now unto my lady Promise to her I make, From all other only To her I me betake. Adieu, mine own lady, Adieu, my speciall, Who hath my heart truly, Be sure, and ever shall.

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