Ivy Green, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, 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 stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim." Buildings crumble; the ivy lasts
AUTHOR: Words: Charles Dickens, "The Pickwick Papers")
EARLIEST DATE: 1836 ("The Pickwick Papers" serialized)
KEYWORDS: nonballad | building decay ivy
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Paddle-Your-Own-Canoe-Songster, p. 59, "The Ivy Green" (1 text)
Roud #2662
NOTES [35 words]: Despite its artificiality, this has been very popular as a poem in print anthologies and broadsides. It is much rarer in tradition, and while a few tunes are known, I wonder if those are traditional at all. - RBW
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File: PYOS059

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