Sing Ivy- G. Osmund (Berk) 1950 Collinson

Sing Ivy- G. Osmund (Berk) 1950 Collinson

[Francis Collinson Manuscript Collection (COL/3/29B) [partial transcript]

R. Matteson 2018]

Sing Ivy- sung by Gurtrude J. Osmond of Wokingham, Berkshire on  22 Sep 1950, collected by Francis Collinson.

My father died and left me some land,
Sing ivy, sing ivy,
My father died and left me some land,
Wi' a bunch of green 'olly and ivy.

I ploughed it up wi' an auld cow's 'orn,

I sowed in then wi' a barley corn

I rowled it down wi' a rollin' pin,

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