( doo, doo, doo doo . . . )



Friendship is a holly tree,

That brightens as it grows,

Friendship is a holly tree,

But love is a Christmas rose!



Romance is the mistletoe,

That from the ceiling glows,

Romance is the mistletoe,

But love is a Christmas rose!



With this rose I give you,

On this Christmas day,

Can't you see my darling,

What my heart has tried so hard to say?



Friendship is a holly tree ( Friendship is a holly tree )

That brightens as it grows ( That brightens as it grows )

Friendship is a holly tree ( Friendship is a holly tree )

But love is a Christmas rose! ( But love is a Christmas rose! )



Romance is the mistletoe ( Romance is the mistletoe )

That from the ceiling glows ( That from the ceiling glows )

Romance is the mistletoe ( Romance is the mistletoe )

But love is a Christmas rose! ( But love is a Christmas rose! )



Love is a Christmas rose! ( Friendship is a holly tree )

Love is a Christmas rose! ( Romance is the mistletoe )

Love is a Christmas rose . . . fade



Words and Music by Earl Shuman

and Leon Carr