I heard a Royal Engineers warrant officer sing this to the tune of 'The Old Hundredth' in 1949: Three big black crows sat on a tree They were as black as black could be; One big black crow said to the other: 'You're blacker than me, you dirty black bugger'. They flew across a lofty plain And found a horse just newly slain; They setteld on the poor brute's head And pecked his eyes out, one by one. As I was walking through the wood I shit myself just where I stood; I called for help, but no help came And so I shit myself again. Yes, I am aware that I've lowered the tone with this horrible lyric, but I did collect it with my own bare hands.
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