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T:The Mistletoe Bough.
B:Everyman's Book of English Ballads. Edited by Roy palmer.
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L:1/8
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w:The mist-le-toe hung in the ca-stle hall, The
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w:hol-ly branch shone on the old *oak wall; And the
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w:ba-ron's re-tai-ners were blithe and gay, And
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w:keep-ing their Christ-mas * ho-li-*day. The
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w:bar-on be-held with a fa-ther's pride His
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w:beau-ti-ful child, young Lo-vell's bride, While
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w:she with her bri-ght eyes seemed to be The
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w:star of the goo-dly com-pa-ny.
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w:Oh, the mist-le-toe bough,
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w:Oh, the mist-le-toe bough.