The Carrion Crow

A carrion crow sat on an oak,

Derry, derry, derry, decco;

A carrion crow sat on an oak,

Watching a tailor shaping his cloak.

Heigh-ho! the carrion crow,

Derry, derry, derry, decco.

"O wife, bring me my old bent bow,"

Derry, derry, derry, decco;

"O wife, bring me my old bent bow,

"That I may shoot yon carrion crow."

Heigh-ho! the carrion crow,

Derry, derry, derry, decco.

The tailor shot, and he missed his mark,

Derry, derry, derry, decco;

The tailor shot, and he missed his mark,

And shot his old sow right through the heart

Heigh-ho! the carrion crow,

Derry, derry, derry, decco.

"O wife, bring brandy in a spoon,"

Derry, derry, derry, decco;

"O wife, bring brandy in a spoon,

"For our old sow is in a swoon."

Heigh-ho! the carrion crow,

Derry, derry, derry, decco.

Walter Crane

Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century. Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international socialist movement.

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