Caw! Caw! : the Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time

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Title: CAW! CAW!
The Chronicle of Crows, A Tale of the Spring-time
Author: RM
Illustrator: JB
Release Date: August 22, 2007 [EBook #22374]
Language: English
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CAW! CAW!
or
The Chronicle of Crows
A Tale of the Spring-time
by
RM
Illustrated by
JB
LONDON; Grant & Griffith, successors to Newbery & Harris:
THE CORNER OF ST PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.
Caw! Caw!WHAT HAPPENS IN SPRING WHEN THE LITTLE BIRDS SING.
In the merry spring time, thus says my song,
When the sun shines bright and the days grow long,
And the crocuses brilliant, in purple and gold,
Bloom in the gardens in numbers untold;
When in the fields the grass grows green,
And a few early lambs are seen;
When daffodils in gaudy gowns
Look gay upon the verdant downs,
And fair spring flowers of each ...