The Two Crows- Maddox (Va.) 1918 Sharp B
[My title. From English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians; Sharp-Karpeles I, 1932. Single stanza with music.
This version is titled "The Three Ravens" in EFFSA (Sharp B) with music and later as "The Two Crows" with a vocal/piano arrangement.
R. Mateson 2014 ]
THE TWO CROWS- Ada Maddox (Beuna Vista, Va.) May 3, 1918 Sharp B
1. There were two crows sat on a tree,
Lardy hip tie hoddy ho ho
There were two crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as crows could be.
Lardy hardy hip tie hoddy ho ho
2. The old he-crow said to his mate:
What shall we have to-day to eat?
3. There lies a horse in yonders lane,
Whose body has not very long been slain.
4. We'll press our feet on his breast-bone,
And pick his eyes out one by one.