Three Black Crows- McLaren (IO) 1875 Stout D
[From, Folklore from Iowa, collected and edited by Earl J. Stout. 1936.
R. Matteson 2014]
D. "Three Black Crows." This version was contributed by Miss Jen McLaren, Lake Park, who learned it at a school exhibition near Norway, Iowa, about 1875. (Scotch}
1. There were three crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as crows could be.
Said one old crow unto his mate,
"What shall we do for grub to ate?"
2. There lies a horse on yonder hill,
. . . .
"We'll perch ourselves on his jawbone
And eat his eyes out one by one."