the oak and the holly king

In summers months a fight does come
for the oak king with his mighty sword
does fight his brother the holly lord
for right to sit upon the throne
his brother Holly does not win
and at the underworld sleeps within

when leaves turn gold and then fall down
to rest upon and turning ground
The oak king upon his throne
watches as the winter comes
that soon it will be time to fight
when he does hear the hounds of night

 Now rests the trees of his gentle kin
are sleeping in the ground within
and lord of oak now knows its time
from underworld his brother climbs
The evergreen of holly bright
brings back the holly king to fight.

The holly lord bows to his brother
he will not bow to any other
lifts up his sword of winters rest
and plunges it into his brothers chest
His hounds of night do howl and bark
as the oak kings face turns dark

And so he falls to the underworld
to heal and rest while in the winters cold
the holly lord is now the king
and on the throne sits there within.
and toasts with mead his brother gone.
and sings aloud the yuletide song

For joyful times winters season bring

to ready for the start of spring.
and when the sun does rise once more
and brings his rays on winters floor
the oak king will rise again
and from his brother  will then reign.