Nursery Rhyme. Clxxi. Songs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DBBB EBFB FBGHB| My father left me three acres of land | A |
| Sing ivy sing ivy | B |
| My father left me three acres of land | A |
| Sing holly go whistle and ivy | B |
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| I ploughed it with a ram's horn | C |
| Sing ivy sing ivy | B |
| And sowed it all over with one pepper corn | C |
| Sing holly go whistle and ivy | B |
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| I harrowed it with a bramble bush | D |
| Sing ivy sing ivy | B |
| And reaped it with my little penknife | B |
| Sing holly go whistle and ivy | B |
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| I got the mice to carry it to the barn | E |
| Sing ivy c | B |
| And thrashed it with a goose's quill | F |
| Sing holly c | B |
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| I got the cat to carry it to the mill | F |
| Sing ivy c | B |
| The miller he swore he would have her paw | G |
| And the cat she swore she would scratch his face | H |
| Sing holly go whistle and ivy | B |
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