Ivy Ys Good And Glad To Se Lyrics

Burden:
Ivy ys good and glad to se;
Ivy is fair in hys degree.

1. Ivy is both fair and gren,
In wynter adn in somer also,
And it is medecinable, I wen,
Who knew the vertus that long thereto;
Ivy,
It is god and lusty
And in hys kynd a wel god tre.

2. Ivy hathe vertues ful good,
Namely spredying on the ground;
Wheder it be in town or wod,
It helpyth the sor and maykth sound;
Ivy,
In bok is fond ful sekerly
That gren is gladsom (for) to se.

3. When other treyss most del fail,
Than berith Ivy hys berys ful bold
In gret stormys of snaw and hail;
It apares for no wedyrs cold,
Ivy,
To brynd furth fruit ful properly
To best and byrd ful gret plente.

4. The farest byrd that flyth ful properly
For gladnesse of that lusty tree
Myght make hys nest in gren Ivy,
To norrysch hys byrdes fayr and free,
Ivy,
Ther is ys covert wel privy,
To comforth hym that ther wyll bee.

5. Wher it tayth hold it kepyth fast,
And strenkyth it that is ym bye;
It kepyth wall from cost and wast,
As men may se al day at hye;
Ivy,
I kan tel no caus qwy
Bot we must love that entyll tre.