Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889 · London and New York. F. Warne and co. · leaf 135
do, That I may shoot yon carrion crow;Sing heigh ho, the carrion crow,Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do. The tailor he shot and missed his mark,Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do; And shot his own sow quite through the heart; Sing heigh ho, the carrion crow,Fol de riddle, lol de… … CLXXVII. [Another version from MS. Sloane, 1489, tol. 17, written in the tiice ofCharles I.] Hie hoc, the carrion crow, For I have shot something too low : I have quite missed my mark, And shot the poor sow to the heart; Wife, bring treacle in a spoon, Or else the poor sows heart will down. SONGS.…
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