The Tailor and the Crow: An Old Rhyme with New Drawings by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie)
THE TAILOR AND THE CROW
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DRAWINGS BY
L. LESLIE BROOKE
THE TAILOR AND THE CROW
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The Tailor and the Crow:
An Old Rhyme with New Drawings
by L. Leslie Brooke
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London Frederick Warne and Co Ltd. New York
[Illustration: To my Wife]
_Printed in Great Britain._
COPYRIGHT 1911 ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.
THE TAILOR AND THE CROW
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A carrion crow sat on an oak, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do,
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Watching a tailor shape his cloak;
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Sing heigh ho,
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the carrion crow,
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Fol de riddle,
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lol de riddle,
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hi ding do.
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Wife,
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bring me my old bent bow,
Fol de riddle,
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lol de riddle,
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hi
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ding do.
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That I may shoot yon carrion crow;
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Sing heigh ho, the carrion crow,
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Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do.
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The tailor he shot
and missed his mark,
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Fol de riddle,
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lol de riddle,
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hi ding
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do.
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And shot his own sow quite through the heart;
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Sing heigh ho, the carrion crow, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do.
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Wife, bring brandy in a spoon,
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Fol de riddle,
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lol de riddle,
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hi-ding do.
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For our old sow
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is in a swoon;
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Sing
HEIGH
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HO,
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the carrion crow,
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Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding
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do.