Hi,

This is a longer "Sing Ivy" version from the James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/3/J, p. 06906:

Sing Holly and Ivy- sung by Jim Cox of Hamptonfields, Minchenhampton about 1930.
   
My father he keepit a team o' rats,
Sing ovey, sing ivy.
I ploughed his land with that team o' rats
With a bunch of green holly an' ivy.

He worked it all down with this team o' rats,

He sowed his seed with a little sidlip,

He worked it all down with this team o rats

He rolled it all down with this team o' rats,

he ripped his corn with his little penknife,

He hauled it all home with this team o' rats

He built his mow in a mouse's hole,

He thrashed his corn with his little fan,

He winnowed it with his little fan,

He stacked it up in his old box hat,

He sent it all out with this team o rats,

His team o rats come a-rattlin' back,

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Richie