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The Crows kept flying Up


The crows kept flyin' up, boys,
The crows kept flyin' up.
The dog he seen and whimpered, boys,
Though he was but a pup.

The lost was found, we brought him round
And took him from the place,
While the ants was swarmin' on the ground
And the crows was sayin' grace.

Notes



The reference to crows saying grace is unfortunately topical at present as outback Australia is in the grip of one of the most prolonged droughts on record. It may not be appreciated overseas that one third of the continent is defined as 'arid' (effectively desert) and another third is 'semi arid' which means  'not much better than desert'. Even in the remaining third, considerable areas are subject to unreliable rains and so there are serious  losses of  stock and crops in bad seasons.

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