Lyrics
(Folk song)
Three old crows sat on a tree,
Just as black as crows could be.
Poor old crow, poor old crow,
Just as black as a crow could be.
The old he-crow says to his mate:
“What shall we do for meat to eat?”
Poor old crow, poor old crow,
Just as black as a crow could be.
See also
- Subjects: fall (autumn) / Halloween / birds
- Dynamics loud & soft
- Harmony: ostinati / Orff arrangements / chords i, iv, v
- Meter: 4
- Rhythm:
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(see below) - Scale: Mixolydian
- Source: American Folk Songs for Children,Ruth Crawford Seeger, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948
- more lyrics
- Printable Rhythm Visuals
- PDF of song with chords + Lesson ideas + Orff arrangement
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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