Steeleye Span - Mistletoe bough

The mistletoe bough in the ^Bbolden time Was ^Chonoured in many a ^Amsacred rhyme By ^Dmbards and by singers of ^Chigh de^Ggree When ^Bbcut from its ^Cplace on the ^Amold oak ^Dmtree By ^Fwhite-robed ^CDruid ^Dmwith golden ^Cknife For they ^Dmthought it a ^Cmagical ^BbTree of ^AmLife And ^Dmmany a promise and ^Choly ^Gvow They were ^Bbsolemnly ^Csworn on the ^Ammistletoe ^Dmbough

The mistletoe bough in the ^BbNorseman's lay Told ^Cever of horrors, and ^Amlove's dismay When the ^Dmold blind god, by a ^Csportive ^Gblow Laid ^BbBalder, the ^Cbeautiful ^Amsun god, ^Dmlow Thence^Fforth it ^Cwas deemed an ^Dmaccursed ^Cthing But ^Dmlove out of ^Csorrow could ^Bbvictory ^Ambring And the ^Dmtears of Freja are ^Cshining ^Gnow Like the ^Bborient, ^Cpearls on the ^Ammistletoe ^Dmbough

The mistletoe bough on the ^Bbfestive throng Looks ^Cdown amid echoes of ^Ammirthful song Where ^Dmhearts they make music, as ^Cold friends ^Gmeet Whose ^Bbpulse keeps the ^Ctime to the ^Amdancer's ^Dmfeet And ^Feyes they are ^Cbrighter ^Dmwith looks of ^Clove Than ^Dmgems out^Cshining the ^Bblamps up a^Ambove And ^Dmwho is she that ^Cwill not al^Glow A ^Bbkiss that's claimed ^Cunder the ^Ammistletoe ^Dmbough?

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From the regions of the east

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There came a strong and handsome beast

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Slow indeed his paces are

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None with donkey can compare

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For the load that he will bear

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Hail, Sir Donkey, hail