I think that 'The Blackest Crow' is related to the words and tune of Hick's Farewell.


When Doc Watson sings Hicks' Farewell on the Folkways CD 'Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley 1960-1962' he introduces the song by saying that Reverend Hicks of South Carolina wrote the words and music when he was off doing missionary work in Tennessee; he fell ill, thought he would die, and wanted the song sent back to his wife.



Mary