A scarecrow was a person who used to be employed to scare away birds from the fields that were newly planted with seeds. They would sing songs like this one…
The Scarecrow
Nursery Song
O all you little blackey tops,
Pray don't you eat my father's crops,
While I lie down to take a nap.
Shua O! Shua O!
If father he perchance should come,
With his cocked hat and his long gun,
Then you must fly and I must run.
Shua O! Shua O!
Photos & Illustrations
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration is from The Baby's Bouquet, A Fresh Bunch of Rhymes and Tunes by Walter Crane (1878).
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