Sedayne : Holly and the Ivy (The Wren's Heart Carol)

Northumbrian Storyteller, No-age Musician & Ante-Folk singer Sedayne performs his own Primal Myth Reinvention of The Holly and the Ivy to the tune of Searching for Lambs on the afternnon of Monday the 22nd December 2008 in his Lancastrian home featuring the Electronic Shruti Box and the Kemence (aka Black Sea Fiddle) and assorted bells. For Rapunzel & Sedayne version:   / the-holly-bears-the-crown-lnyd   The holly and the ivy Now they both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown. The rising of the winter sun, The running of the deer The holy seed of the mistletoe In the dawning of the year In winter time I dance alone And felt the growing cold And lighting fires from fallen trees I warmed my dying soul I saw the sun reborn again Melt through the winter snow And drank afresh from holy streams Swollen by the thaw The holly bears a sharp prickle As sharp as any thorn The wren's heart pierced in the darkest night Is healed before the dawn http://www.myspace.com/sedayne