MISC TRADITIONAL - SANS DAY CAROL CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

Now the ^Gholly she b^Dears a b^Gerry as w^Chite as t^Dhe m^Gilk, And ^GMary she b^Dore J^Gesus, all wr^Capped up ^Din s^Gilk: And ^GMary she ^Cbore ^GJesus our Saviour ^Cfor^G to be, And the ^Gfirst tree that's ^Din the ^Ggreenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly. ^DHolly, ^Dholl^Gy, And the ^Gfirst tree that's ^Din the ^Ggreenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly.

Now the ^Gholly she ^Dbears a b^Gerry as g^Creen as t^Dhe g^Grass, And ^GMary she ^Dbore ^GJesus, who ^Cdied on ^Dthe ^Gcross: And ^GMary she ^Cbore ^GJesus our Saviour f^Cor ^Gto be, And the ^Gfirst tree tha^Dt's in the ^Ggreenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly. ^DHolly, ^Dholl^Gy, And the ^Gfirst tree that^D's in the g^Greenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly.

Now the ^Gholly she b^Dears a b^Gerry as b^Clack as t^Dhe c^Goal, And ^GMary she b^Dore J^Gesus, who d^Cied for u^Ds al^Gl: And ^GMary she b^Core J^Gesus our Saviour f^Cor ^Gto be, And the ^Gfirst tree that's ^Din the ^Ggreenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly. ^DHolly, ^Dholl^Gy, And the ^Gfirst tree that's ^Din the g^Greenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly.

Now the ^Gholly she ^Dbears a ^Gberry, as ^Cblood it ^Dis r^Ged, And we tr^Gust in o^Dur ^GSaviour, who r^Cose from t^Dhe d^Gead: And ^GMary she ^Cbore ^GJesus our Saviour f^Cor ^Gto be, And the f^Girst tree that's ^Din the ^Ggreenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly. ^DHolly, ^Dholl^Gy, And the ^Gfirst tree that's ^Din the g^Greenwood, it ^Amwas the ^Dhol^Gly.

This carol was so named because the melody and the first 3 verses were first transcribed in the 19th century from the singing of a villager in St. Day (also Sans Day, or St. They - named after a Breton saint venerated in Cornwall) in the parish of Gwennap, Cornwall. A 4 stanza version in Cornish was subsequently published ('Ma gron war'n gelinen').Pastor Peter Prange also pointed out that the village of St. Day in Cornwall is named after the saint.