Two verses from Ozark Folk Songs, Randolph, sorted out from "The Crow Song," # 275. Verses from other songs often combined in North America. The sex of the singing bird often changed to male.

Well, says the peckerwood as he flew,
When I was young I courted too,
But she grew fickle and from me fled
An' ever since then my head's been red.

Oh said the bobwhite in the grass,
Once I courted a fair lady lass,
But she grew fickle and took to flight,
Ever since then I holler bobwhite.