Old Black Crow, The

DESCRIPTION: "A boy to school was tramping, singing merrily," when a crow lands on a branch and begins to sing "caw, caw, caw." The boy does not like the song, so he throws a stone at the crow. It misses, and he falls in the mud, is late for school, and whipped
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1950 (Creighton collection)
KEYWORDS: bird humorous punishment
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pottie/Ellis-FolksongsOfTheMaritimes, pp. 128-129, "The Old Black Crow" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [14 words]: Roud lumps this with "Carrion Crow." I don't see anything in common except a crow. - RBW
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File: PoEll128

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