Oh the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,
And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all:
And Mary bore Jesus our Saviour for to be,
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly.
Holly! Holly!
And the first tree in the greenwood, it was the holly!
And Mary bore Jesus, who died on the cross:
And Mary bore Jesus, who died for us all:
Then trust we our Saviour, who rose from the dead: