“The Story the Crow Told Me”

Description

Nonsense verses, supposedly told by a crow. "I bought me a suit of union underwear... I couldn't get it off 'cause I lost the combination", "My gal took sick the other day... I bought her a corset... She's in better shape now than she was before"

Notes

This is almost certainly from minstrel sources. - PJS

Cross references

• cf. "I'm Going Away in the Morn" (floating lyrics)

Recordings

• Carolina Buddies, "The Story That the Crow Told Me" (Columbia 15641-D, 1931; rec. 1930; on CrowTold01)
• New Lost City Ramblers, "The Story that the Crow Told Me" (on NLCR04, NLCR11)

References

1. Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 163, "The Story the Crow Told Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. BI, CSW163