Green Holly and Ivy- E. Newitt (Oxf) 1930 Carpenter
[From: James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/2/2/E, p. 04819
R. Matteson 2018]
Green Holly and Ivy- sung by Edward Newitt of Oxfordshire, England.
My father he left me an acre of ground,
Sing inc, sing inc, sing ivy.
My father he left me an acre of ground,
With a little green holly and ivy.
I ploughed it up with a team of cats,
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I sowed it down with some caraway seed,
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I cut it down with the wing of a flee,
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I carted it home on a mouse's back,
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