Shona sent me this nice Scottish song a couple of days ago. Here’s the song and what Shona said about it…
Here is a song that my grandma sang to me when I was small. She was from Glasgow:
Three Craws (Crows)….
Three craws sat upon a waa (wall)
sat upon a waa
sat upon a waa-a-a-aa
Three craws sat upon a waa on a cal (cold) an frosty mornin’‘i (pronounced as in sit – meaning the) first craw wiz (was) greetin (crying) for is (his) ma (mother)
greetin for is ma
greetin for is ma-a-a-aa
‘i first craw wiz greetin for is ma on a cal an frosty mornin’‘i second craw wiz greetin for is da (father)
greetin for is da
greetin for is da-a-a-aa
‘i second craw wiz greetin for is da on a cal an frosty mornin’‘i third craw cudna (couldn’t) flee (fly) ata (at all)
cudna flee ata
cudna flee ata-a-a-aa
‘i third craw cudna flee ata on a cal and frosty mornin’
If I can figure out how to record it I’ll sing it and send it to you.
Shona
Thanks for sharing your grandma’s song with us! If you’re able to record it, of course we’d love to hear this song too.
-Lisa
Come visit The Mama Lisa’s World Great Britain Page for more Songs from Scotland.
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5 Responses to ““Three Craws”, a Children’s Song from Scotland”
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August 28th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
The third craw fell and broke his jaw
The fourth craw wisnae there at a
October 5th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
if you want to hear it the Singing Kettle does a version which you may be able to download off the web.
October 5th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
I wasn’t able to find it. Well if anyone out there would like to record themselves singing it, I’d still love to post it!
-Lisa
January 25th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Three Craws (Crows)….
Three craws sat upon a waa (wall)
sat upon a waa
sat upon a waa-a-a-aa
Three craws sat upon a waa on a cal (cold) an frosty mornin’
‘i third craw cudna (couldn’t) flee (fly) ata (at all)
cudna flee ata
cudna flee ata-a-a-aa
‘i third craw cudna flee ata on a cal and frosty mornin’
‘i (pronounced as in sit – meaning the) first craw wiz (was) greetin (crying) for is (his) ma (mother)
greetin for is ma
greetin for is ma-a-a-aa
‘i first craw wiz greetin for is ma on a cal an frosty mornin’
fell an broke hes jaw
fell an broke hes jaw
fell an broke hes jawwwwww
fell an broke hes jaw on a cal and frosty mornin’
Thts The Right Wurdssssss :D :D :D
February 9th, 2011 at 9:29 am
The correct version does have that ending:
The fourth craw wanae there at a
Followed by an ABRUPT silence!