Three Black Crows- Post (PA-IO) pre1865 Stout C
[From, Folklore from Iowa, collected and edited by Earl J. Stout. 1936.
R. Matteson 2014]
C. "Three Black Crows." Contributed, and sung by George Post, West Bend, September 1, 1931. Mr. Post learned this song- as a boy in Pennsylvania, and brought it with him to Iowa about 1865.
1. There were three crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as crows could be.
Said one crow unto his mate,
'What shall we do for grub to eat?'"
2. On yonder plain lies an old dead horse,
That has only been three days slain.
"We'll perch ourselves on his breastbone
And pick his eyes out one by one."