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 TRANSLATION

The white breasted crows, the white breasted crows are passing ― at one time we strike ten of them ― we eat them boiled in gravy ― we eat them boiled ― but they are even better to eat when the skin is taken off them.

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NOTES

Of all the popular songs that are in this collection, I think this one could claim any artistic value. It is very simple, subject and words, but the