My Father Left Me Three Acres of Land- 1846 Halliwell; Child 2- Version K
[Child's Version K was taken from Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England, 6th ed., p. 109, No 171. First published in 5th edition, 1853,
R. Matteson 2018]
My Father Left Me Three Acres of Land- 1853 Halliwell
1 My father left me three acres of land,
Sing ivy, sing ivy
My father left me three acres of land.
Sing holly, go whistle and ivy
2 I ploughed it with a ram's horn,
Sing ivy, sing ivy
And sowed it all over with one pepper corn.
Sing holly, go whistle and ivy
3 I harrowed it with a bramble bush,
Sing ivy, sing ivy
And reaped it with my little penknife.
Sing holly, go whistle and ivy
4 I got the mice to carry it to the barn,
Sing ivy, sing ivy
And thrashed it with a goose's quill.
Sing holly, go whistle and ivy
5 I got the cat to carry it to the mill;
Sing ivy, sing ivy
The miller he swore he would have her paw,
Sing holly, go whistle and ivy
And the cat she swore she would scratch his face.