The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15689   Message #143004
Posted By: Bruce O.
30-Nov-99 - 11:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Holly and the Ivy
Subject: RE: The Holly and the Ivy
I don't have much history on the tunes. I have Cecil Sharp's, 1911 as in 'Oxford Book...'. There are two in JFSS 33 (1929), said to the of the "Chevy Chase" family, but actually of "The Children in the Wood" (Beggar's Opera). [They still thought that was "Chevy Chase" in 1929]