Lyr. Add: HOLLY AND THE IVY (Secular)

Some go in for sporting,
and others fancy balls,
Bur we go in for something better
then them all,
We love two farmers daughters
we met down in the dell,
Where the holly and the ivy,
and the snowflakes gently fall.

Chorus:
The snow was falling lightly,
As we wandered through the dell,
And the robins voices calling,
As love tales we did tell
And the holly and the ivy,
It clung from tree to tree,
As we wandered through the valley,
With sweet Bell and Rosy Lee.

Through days and nights we wandered
with those charmers fair and bright,
In happiness we met them,
it filled us with delight,
The brooklets gently rolling
and the birds sang on the tree,
As we were telling tales of love
to Bell and Rosy Lee.

The stars were gently twinkling and
the moon shown up on high,
No sound but of the rustling of the trees
as we passed by,
And with our arms encircled
carelessly did stray,
Until at last they answered yes
then named the happy day.

Bodleian Collection, 19th c., no date or printer named. Harding B11(1506).
I seem to recall this from a book of poetry. Author or tune, anyone?