On a cold forest oak sat the crow With a fine piece of cheese in his beak Full of joy was the crow with his meal above the snow As the cold winds blew softly about him As the cold winds blew softly about him. Like a flame came the fox through the forest Spied the crow with a smile and a bow Said, Hello, handsome crow. You are beautiful, you know. It's a shame you can't sing to your beauty It's a shame you can't sing to your beauty. Thought the crow, Handsome bird that I am I can sing even more handsomely From his wide opened throat came an ice-cracking note ... BACAAAAACK! And the fox jumped and ran with the cheese. And the fox jumped and ran with the cheese.