Three Crows- Burl Ives (NY) c. 1941
[Ives uses the form of "When Johnny Coem Marching Home" except it's sung in a major key.]
THREE CROWS- Burl Ives; From: Burl Ives Sings His Favorites (1941, 1942)
Listen: Three Crows by Burl Ives
There was three crows sat on a tree
Billy McGee MacGaw,
There was three crows sat on a tree,
Billy McGee MacGaw,
There was three crows sat on a tree
And they were black as a crow could be,
And they all flapped their wings and cried:
Caw, caw, caw,
And they all flapped their wings and cried:
Billy McGee MacGaw.
Said one old crow unto his mate:
What shall we do for grub to eat?
There is a horse in yonder lane,
Who by some cruel butcher was slain.
We'll perch ourselves on his back-bone,
And pick his eyes out one by one.