Here's the other 1863 minstrel text:

From: Frank Brower's Black Diamond Songster and Ebony Jester (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, [c. 1863]), pp. 30-31. The ballad, titled "The Four Vultures. A Burlesque Quartette," is prefaced by the description: "As sung by Frank Brower, Ephe Horn, Nelse Seymour, and Charley Fox. (Always received with shouts of laughter.)"

THE FOUR VULTURES- Frank Brower's Black Diamond Songster and Ebony Jester (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, [c. 1863]), pp. 30-31


SPOKEN (slowly and precisely).
There were three crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as black could be.
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
There were three crows sat on a tree,
And they were black as black could be.

SPOKEN.
One of them said unto his mate,
"What shall we do for grub to eat!"-
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
One of them said unto his mate,
"What shall we do for grub to eat?"

SPOKEN.
There lies a horse on yonder plain,
Whose bod-y has been late-ly slain.
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
There lies a horse on yonder plain,
Whose bod-y has been late-ly slain.

SPOKEN.
Let's perch ourselves on his back-bone,
And pick his eyes out, one by one!
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
Let's perch ourselves on his back-bone,
And pick his eyes out, one by one!

SPOKEN.
The devil thought to in-jure me,
By cutting down my apple-tree,
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
The devil thought to in-jure me,
By cutting down my apple-tree.

SPOKEN.
He did not in-jure me at all,
For I had apples all the fall.
Brothers, sing!

QUARTETTE.
He did not in-jure me at all,
For I had apples all the fall.