(_Holly and Ivy Made a Great Party_)
Holly and Ivy made a great party,
Who should have the mastery
In lands where they go.
Then spake Holly, "I am fierce and jolly,
I will have the mastery
In lands where we go."
Then spake Ivy, "I am loud and proud,
And I will have the mastery
In lands where we go."
Then spake Holly, and bent him down on his knee,
"I pray thee, gentle Ivy,
Essay me no villany
In the lands where we go."
_Fifteenth Century Carol_