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》
There's a war on between Venice and the Genoese, and where that's hottest you'll find me, and the quicker my end, the better I'll be pleased. But it would be like my luck," he said bitterly, "not to be killed, but to be taken prisoner and to end my life in some lousy jail. Oh, well, we'll hope for the best." He laughed. "So -- so long!"
And the four of them looked at one another, trying to smile, and great grief on them. "China will miss you, my son," said old Kubla. "It's nothing to how I'll be missing China," said Marco Polo. "Venice! It's only a sound to me.英文原著 · 《Messer Marco Polo》
"'These lousy Poles will have no further use for this pretty trinket, thanks to our stout German blows, will they, Erich?'英文原著 · 《Okewood of the Secret Service》
Heavy footsteps sounded on the stairs, and Mahailey whispered hastily, "Don't forgit about the coal-oil, and don't you be lousy if you can help it, honey." She considered lice in the same class with smutty jokes,--things to be whispered about.英文原著 · 《One of Ours》
I can't believe I'm not at the Grammys, and I'm stuck here eating a lousy vending machine sandwich.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
I rescue you from that miserable junkie. I give you a home, a life worth living, and now you make me beg for one lousy, little favor?美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》