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T:The Carrion Crow
B:Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, Vol 2, p 396, No 332, ed Maud Karpeles , Oxford University Press, 1974
S:Sister Emma (71) at Clewer, Berkshire, 27 February 1909
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:The_ car-ri-on crow sat up-on an oak,
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w:Fol de rol de rol de ray,
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w:The_ car-ri-on crow sat up-on an oak,
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w:Watch-ing a tai-lor mend-ing his cloak.
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w: Heigh ho, the car-ri-on crow!
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w:Fol de rol de rol de ray.
W:The carrion crow sat upon an oak,
W:Fol de rol de rol de ray,
W:The carrion crow sat upon an oak,
W:Watching a tailor mending his cloak.
W:Heigh ho, the carrion crow!
W:Fol de rol de rol de ray.
W:
W:O wife, O wife, bring hither my bow
W:That I might shoot this carrion crow.
W:
W:The tailor shot and he missed his mark
W:And he shot his old sow right though the heart.
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W:O wife, O wife, bring some brandy in a spoon
W:For our old sow's fallen down in a swoon.
W:
W:O ho, said his wife, you're a silly old goose
W:To kill your old sow and not care a mouse.
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W:O ho, said the tailor, I care not a mouse,
W:For we shall have hog-puddlings, chitterlings and souse.
W:
W:The old sow died and the bell did toll,
W:And the little pigs squeaked for the old sow's soul.
W: