_Old Song._--
My father gave me an acre of land,
Sing ivy, sing ivy.
My father gave me an acre of land,
Sing green bush, holly, and ivy.
I plough'd it with a ram's horn,
Sing ivy, &c.
I harrow'd it with a bramble,
Sing ivy, &c.
I sow'd it with a peppercorn,
Sing ivy, &c.
I reap'd it with my penknife,
Sing ivy, &c.
I carried it to the mill upon the cat's back,
Sing ivy, &c.
Then follows some more which I forget, but I think it ends thus:
I made a cake for all the king's men,
Sing ivy, sing ivy.
I made a cake for all the king's men,
Sing green bush, holly, and ivy.