Verse 1
[Dm] [Am]
My father, he left me his acre of land
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling Ivy
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
Verse 2
[Dm] [Am]
He ploughed it with a ram's horn
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling ivy
[G] [Dm]
He sowed it with a peppercorn
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
Verse 3
[Dm] [Am]
He reaped it with a blade of his pen knife
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling ivy
[G] [Dm]
He thrashed it out with a goose's quill
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
Verse 4
[Dm] [Am]
He sent it to market on a louse's back
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling ivy
[G] [Dm]
The whip it cracked but the wagon it stopped
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
Verse 5
[Dm] [Am]
He sent it to the mill with a team of great rats
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling ivy
[G] [Dm]
He sent it home in a walnut shell
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
Verse 6
[Dm] [Am]
My father he worked himself into the ground
[Dm] [Am]
Sing ivy, sing holly, go whistling ivy
[G] [Dm]
I weep as I sow, I plough this old land
[Am] [G] [Dm]
Sing holly, go whistling ivy
