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X: 1 T: The IVY GREEN C: Henry Russell. Q: "Moderate." %R: jig B: W. Hamilton "Universal Tune-Book" Vol. 2 Glasgow 1846 p.74 #2 S: http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/itma.dl.printmaterial/book_pdfs/hamiltonvol2web.pdf Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - d/d/ |\ d2d d^cd | ed^c d2B | GGG GFG | A3 D2d |\ d2d d^cd | ed^c d2 d/e/ | fgf eB^c | d3- d2d | eed eed | e2d d2d | ^ccc cde | d3- d2 d/d/ |\ d2B G2G | g2f He2 (g/f/) | g2B e2d | G3- G2z | g2f Ace | e2d G2d | e2d edd | cBA G2g |\ g2f Ace | e2d G2d | efg gGA | B2A G2z | D2D z2z | G2G z2z | c2c c2B | A2D G2z |\ D2D z2z | G2G z2B | cde dGA | B2A G2 |] % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -



IVY GREEN.   English, Song (6/8 time). "Ivy Green" was an 1840 ballad. There were two competing versions: one with words written by Boz (Dickens) with music composed and respectfully dedicated to Lynde M. Walter Esq. of Boston by Henry Russell. The other was written by Charles Dickens to music by Herbert Griggs. However, both versions are in duple time.

A dainty plant is the Ivy green
That creepeth o'er ruins old
Of right choice food are his meals
I ween in his cell so lone and cold
The wall must be crumbled the stones decayed
To pleasure his dainty whim
And the mould'ring dust that years have made
Is a merry meal for him
Creeping where no life is seen
A rare old plant is the ivy green
Creeping where no life is seen
A rare old plant is the ivy green
Creeping, creeping, creeping where no life is seen
Creeping, creeping a rare old plant is the ivy green


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Printed sources : - Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 2), 1846; p. 74. 



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