Back to crow-scaring songs. ref The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes Opie:
From "The History of Little King Pippin" c1786 Away,away, John Carrion Crow! Your master hath enow Down in his barley mow.
From "The Boy's Country Book 1839 We've ploughed our land, we've sown our seed, We've made all neat and gay; So take a bit, and leave a bit, Away, birds, away!
From "The Nursery Rhymes of England" James Orchard Halliwell 1842 O you little blackety-tops, Pray don't eat my father's crops, While I lay down to take a nap, Shu-a-O! Shu-a-O! If my father he by chance should come With his cock'd hat and his long gun Then you must fly and I must run, Shu-a-O! Shu-a-O!
From JOH 1949 Awa', birds, awa', Take a peck. And leave a seck, And come no more today.
From JOH 1853 Eat, birds, eat, and make no waste, I lie here and make no haste; If my master chance to come, You must fly and I must run.
From Northamtonshire Glossary A E Baker 1854 Away, away, away birds; Take a little bit and come another day birds; Great birds, little birds, pigeons and crows, I'll up with my clackers and down she goes.