He went out every morn And chased the birds away He went out every eve And chased the birds away Birds, birds away from here Get away from my door Birds, birds away from here Fly from my door One bone, two bone Three bone, four Bone, bone fly away Never be seen no more Crow, crow, criddley crow Cra, cra, creedily cra Nobody really knows Why he hates them birds Nobody ever knew Why he hates the birds He’ll surely strike one down When he gets the chance He’ll surely kill one dead If he gets the chance One bone, two bone Three bone, four Bone, bone fly away Never be seen no more Crow, crow, criddley crow Cra, cra, creedily cra One day an old black crow Showed up in his tree One day a shiny crow Perched up in that tree Crow, crow away from here Get away from my door Crow, crow away from here Fly from my door One bone, two bone Three bone, four Bone, bone fly away Never be seen no more Crow, crow, criddley crow Cra, cra, creedily cra Days and days and days went on Crow up in that tree Many long nights passed by Crow still in that tree That old man thought for sure The crow was laughing at him The old man did believe That crow was laughing at him One bone, two bone Three bone, four Bone, bone fly away Never be seen no more Crow, crow, criddley crow Cra, cra, creedily cra He started to froth and to twitch That crow had stole his mind He started to froth and to twitch That crow had stole his mind He started to froth and to twitch That crow had stole his mind He started to froth and to twitch That crow had stole his mind He went out in the yard And he shook his fist He went out in the yard With a rock in his fist That old crow sat silently Just staring right at him That old crow sat silently Staring right through him A big old branch up in that tree It fell on his head A big old widow-maker in that tree Fell down on his head One bone, two bone Three bone, four Bone, bone fly away Never be seen no more Crow, crow, criddley crow Cra, cra, creedily cra Nobody ever knew What happened to him Nobody ever found What happened to that man He seemed to disappear He just flew away He seemed to disappear He flew away