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The Clown Doctors: Three Craws

Song type: Actions, Active, Counting, Finger play
Language: Scots
Genre: Animals, Maths, Scots
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug, Scots

How to use this rhyme with babies

You can sing this to baby, cradled in your arms or on your lap, with lots of eye contact and facial expression.

How to use this rhyme with toddlers

Highlight the counting aspect of the song, holding up three fingers from the start, curling two down to leave one raised as you sing 'The first craw…', raising a second for 'The second craw…' etc.

How to share this song with 3 to 5-year-olds

Talk about the Scots words in the song, check to make sure they understand them and talk about other Scots words they may know.

Three Craws lyrics

Three craws sat upon a waw,

Sittin on a waw, sittin on a waw,

Three craws sat upon a waw,

On a cauld and frosty mornin.

The first craw wis greetin for his maw,

Greetin for his maw, greetin for his maw,

The first craw wis greetin for his maw,

On a cauld and frosty mornin.

The second craw fell and broke his jaw,

Fell and broke his jaw, fell and broke his jaw,

The second craw fell and broke his jaw,

On a cauld and frosty mornin.

The third craw couldnae flee at aw,

Couldnae flee at aw, couldnae flee at aw,

The third craw couldnae flee at aw,

On a cauld and frosty mornin.

The fourth craw wisnae there at aw,

Wisnae there at aw, wisnae there at aw,

Wisnae there at aw,

On a cauld and frosty mornin.