The Three Crows- Wilson (VA) 1932 Davis BB

 The Three Crows- Wilson (VA) 1932 Davis BB

[More Traditional Ballads of Virginia, Davis, 1960.

R. Matteson 2014]


BB. "The Three Crows."
Phonograph record (aluminum) made by A. K. Davis, Jr. Sung by Minor Wilson, of Lewisburg, W. Va. and Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle county. February, 1932; Text transcribed by P. C. Worthington. Tune noted by G. W. Williams and E. C. Mead.


1 There were three crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as black can be.

2 Said one crow unto his mate,
"What shall we have for bait to eat?"

3 "I see a horse on yonder plain
Who looks as though but lately slain.

4 "We'll perch ourselves on his jawbone
And pick his eyes out one by one."

 

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