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Holly Tree Lyrics

Song Holly Tree
Artist Dar Williams
Album Promised Land
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[00:07.04] When the robin builds in the holly tree,
[00:12.83] It's a sign of life, it's gentle victory.
[00:18.24] Well, today as I set to go,
[00:23.30] I saw a nest in a tree hollow.
[00:28.64]
[00:29.52] Oh Emily, you're a brave girl,
[00:34.51] With your husband gone to the other world.
[00:39.63] Sing a hymn while I light the fire;
[00:44.95] We'll be joined by a heavenly choir.
[00:50.21]
[00:51.05] Here's the tansy and the chamomile tea for you to drink,
[00:56.22] As the pain increases, well you only have to think
[01:01.04] About a baby. We'll save the baby.
[01:05.55]
[01:06.56] I placed a holly sprig by the doctor's door.
[01:11.92] He has done this well and many times before,
[01:17.33] He'll be careful which way he goes,
[01:22.65] But he's been kind to us farm widows.
[01:27.39]
[01:28.20] And this I heard just the other day
[01:33.53] That they came to buy, and you chose to stay.
[01:38.82] Soon a child will help you reap and sow,
[01:44.18] May he cast a long shadow.
[01:48.77]
[01:49.56] But you say the trials are coming, you have felt the gathering forces,
[01:55.11] And the galloping you hear is of one too many horses,
[02:00.20] But rest your head my darling girl, there won't be any danger,
[02:05.95] Any Christian ever loved an infant in a manger
[02:11.48] Saves the baby. They'll save the baby.
[02:17.26]
[02:43.42] Now the pastor comes, shakes the farmer's hand.
[02:49.03] Says, “The earth will bear like the Promised Land.
[02:54.34] You have heard the stories down below,
[02:59.57] But God will bless this farm hollow.”
[03:05.54]
[03:13.01] Now the farmer's wife shudders, pulls the shawl up to her shoulder.
[03:18.89] Every time she nears the hearth she feels a little colder.
[03:24.04] Where's the baby? There was a baby.
[03:30.95]
[00:05.00]
[00:06.00]
[00:07.04] When the robin builds in the holly tree,
[00:12.83] It' s a sign of life, it' s gentle victory.
[00:18.24] Well, today as I set to go,
[00:23.30] I saw a nest in a tree hollow.
[00:28.64]
[00:29.52] Oh Emily, you' re a brave girl,
[00:34.51] With your husband gone to the other world.
[00:39.63] Sing a hymn while I light the fire
[00:44.95] We' ll be joined by a heavenly choir.
[00:50.21]
[00:51.05] Here' s the tansy and the chamomile tea for you to drink,
[00:56.22] As the pain increases, well you only have to think
[01:01.04] About a baby. We' ll save the baby.
[01:05.55]
[01:06.56] I placed a holly sprig by the doctor' s door.
[01:11.92] He has done this well and many times before,
[01:17.33] He' ll be careful which way he goes,
[01:22.65] But he' s been kind to us farm widows.
[01:27.39]
[01:28.20] And this I heard just the other day
[01:33.53] That they came to buy, and you chose to stay.
[01:38.82] Soon a child will help you reap and sow,
[01:44.18] May he cast a long shadow.
[01:48.77]
[01:49.56] But you say the trials are coming, you have felt the gathering forces,
[01:55.11] And the galloping you hear is of one too many horses,
[02:00.20] But rest your head my darling girl, there won' t be any danger,
[02:05.95] Any Christian ever loved an infant in a manger
[02:11.48] Saves the baby. They' ll save the baby.
[02:17.26]
[02:43.42] Now the pastor comes, shakes the farmer' s hand.
[02:49.03] Says, " The earth will bear like the Promised Land.
[02:54.34] You have heard the stories down below,
[02:59.57] But God will bless this farm hollow."
[03:05.54]
[03:13.01] Now the farmer' s wife shudders, pulls the shawl up to her shoulder.
[03:18.89] Every time she nears the hearth she feels a little colder.
[03:24.04] Where' s the baby? There was a baby.
[03:30.95]
[00:05.00]
[00:06.00]
[00:07.04] When the robin builds in the holly tree,
[00:12.83] It' s a sign of life, it' s gentle victory.
[00:18.24] Well, today as I set to go,
[00:23.30] I saw a nest in a tree hollow.
[00:28.64]
[00:29.52] Oh Emily, you' re a brave girl,
[00:34.51] With your husband gone to the other world.
[00:39.63] Sing a hymn while I light the fire
[00:44.95] We' ll be joined by a heavenly choir.
[00:50.21]
[00:51.05] Here' s the tansy and the chamomile tea for you to drink,
[00:56.22] As the pain increases, well you only have to think
[01:01.04] About a baby. We' ll save the baby.
[01:05.55]
[01:06.56] I placed a holly sprig by the doctor' s door.
[01:11.92] He has done this well and many times before,
[01:17.33] He' ll be careful which way he goes,
[01:22.65] But he' s been kind to us farm widows.
[01:27.39]
[01:28.20] And this I heard just the other day
[01:33.53] That they came to buy, and you chose to stay.
[01:38.82] Soon a child will help you reap and sow,
[01:44.18] May he cast a long shadow.
[01:48.77]
[01:49.56] But you say the trials are coming, you have felt the gathering forces,
[01:55.11] And the galloping you hear is of one too many horses,
[02:00.20] But rest your head my darling girl, there won' t be any danger,
[02:05.95] Any Christian ever loved an infant in a manger
[02:11.48] Saves the baby. They' ll save the baby.
[02:17.26]
[02:43.42] Now the pastor comes, shakes the farmer' s hand.
[02:49.03] Says, " The earth will bear like the Promised Land.
[02:54.34] You have heard the stories down below,
[02:59.57] But God will bless this farm hollow."
[03:05.54]
[03:13.01] Now the farmer' s wife shudders, pulls the shawl up to her shoulder.
[03:18.89] Every time she nears the hearth she feels a little colder.
[03:24.04] Where' s the baby? There was a baby.
[03:30.95]
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