An old carrion crow was a-sitting on an oak,
Fal de lal a diddle o-a-dido,
A-watching a tailor a-cutting out a coat,
Fal de lal a diddle o-a-dido.
An old carrion crow was a-sitting on an oak
A-watching a tailor a-cutting out a coat;
Says the old carrion crow still a-sitting on an oak,
PORK
Fal de lal a diddle o-a-dido.



The tailor says Wife bring my arrow and my bow
That I may shoot this old carrion crow.

The tailor shot but missed his mark
And shot his old sow right through the heart.

Then what says the tailor I don't care a louse,
Will have black pudding, chitling or souse.

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Source: Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Dec 1934

Notes:
Sung and noted by George Hill, Dursley, Glos.

On the rest, the work PORK! should be shouted. (the ABC converter seems reluctant to have words against rests!)

Roud: 891 (Search Roud index at VWML) Take Six
Laws:
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