Nature
There was an old crow
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
There was an old crow
Sat upon a clod:
There's an end of my song,
That's odd!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History. [An ancient Suffolk song for a bad singer.]
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