Bird Starver's Cry

DESCRIPTION: "Shoo all o' the birds" "Out of master's ground Into Tom Tucker's ground Out of Tom Tucker's ground Into ..." and so on.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople)
KEYWORDS: farming nonballad bird
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Reeves/Sharp-TheIdiomOfThePeople 13, "Bird Starver's Cry" (2 texts)
Palmer-ThePainfulPlow, #1, Song III, "(no title)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1730
File: ReSh013

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