The song is found in collections of the time of Charles II.]
THE carrion crow he sat upon an oak, And he spied an old tailor a cutting out a cloak. Heigho! the carrion crow. The carrion crow he began for to rave, And he called the tailor a lousy knave! Heigho! the carrion crow. 'Wife, go fetch me my arrow and my bow, I'll have a shot at that carrion crow.' Heigho! the carrion crow.英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
The tailor he shot, and he missed his mark, But he shot the old sow through the heart. Heigho! the carrion crow. 'Wife, go fetch me some treacle in a spoon, For the old sow's in a terrible swoon!' Heigho! the carrion crow. The old sow died, and the bells they did toll, And the little pigs prayed for the old sow's soul! Heigho! the carrion crow.英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
"There would be men in England who would give it me," she raved, whispering. "That would there, I swear! But there would be dullards and dastards who would not. He would give it--he! Ay, mock as thou wilt! But between his high honour and love and me thy carrion SHALL not come!"英文原著 · 《A Lady of Quality》
Joan's ale was new. George Ridler's oven. The carrion crow. The leathern bottel. The farmer's old wife. Old Wichet and his wife. The Jolly Waggoner. The Yorkshire horse-dealer.英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
Called also: WHISKY JACK OR JOHN; MOOSE-BIRD; MEAT BIRD; VENISON HERON; GREASE-BIRD; CANADIAN CARRION-BIRD; CAMP ROBBER; [GRAY JAY, AOU 1998]英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
There are many pretty little problems to be solved in this connection, for there are insects, such as some flies, that are attracted by smells which are unpleasant to us, like those from decaying flesh and carrion. But there are also certain flowers, some orchids for instance, which give forth no very agreeable odour, but one which is to us repulsive and disgusting; and we should therefore expect that the males of such insects would give off a smell unpleasant to us, but there is no case known to me in which this has been demonstrated.英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》