Sing Ivy- William Hill (Hants) 1908 Gardiner
[From George Gardiner Manuscript Collection (GG/1/19/1171)
R. Matteson 2018]
Sing Ivy - sung by William Hill of Catherington Hampshire on 19 August, 1908. Collector Gardiner, G.B.
My father gave me an acre of ground,
Sing ivy, sing ivy,
My father gave me an acre of ground,
Sing haricot, whiskey and ivy.
I ploughed it with a ram's horn,
I sowed it with a peppercorn
I harrowed it with a bramble bush,
I rolled it with a rolling pin,
I reaped it with a pen knife,
I carted it with a team of rats,
I thrashed it with a bean stalk,
I winnowed it with the finest fly's wing,
I sent it to the mill on my pussy's back
Poor puss came home with a broken back