Raven and the Crow, The

DESCRIPTION: "The corbie with his roupie throat Cried frae the leafless tree... Come o'er the loch wi me!" The crow asks why he should come. He is told a farmer has plowed his field and seeded it; there is much corn to be had. The farmer shoots both birds
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Montgomerie)
KEYWORDS: bird death food farming
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Montgomerie/Montgomerie-ScottishNurseryRhymes 34, "The Raven and the Crow" (1 text)
NOTES [16 words]: I haven't met this elsewhere, but it feels enough like a traditional song that I'm indexing it. - RBW
File: MSNR034

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