Sing Holly and Ivy- Jim Cox (Minch) 1930 Carpenter
[From; James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/3/J, p. 06906,
R. Matteson 2018]
Sing Holly and Ivy- sung by Jim Cox of Hamptonfields, Minchenhampton about 1930.
My father he keepit a team o' rats
Sing ovey, sing ivy.
I ploughed his land with that team o' rats
With a bunch of green holly an' ivy.
He worked it all down with this team o rats,
He sowed his seed with a little sidlip,
He worked it all down with this team o rats
He rolled it all down with this team o rats
he ripped his corn with his little penknife
He hauled it all home with this team o rats
He built his mow in a mouse's hole
He thrashed his corn with his little fan,
He winnowed it with his little fan,
He stacked it up in his old box hat
He sent it all out with this team o rats
His team o rats come a-rattlin' back