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== Origin of band name ==
The band name is derived from "[[One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme)|One for Sorrow]]", a British [[divination]] [[nursery rhyme]] about the [[superstition|superstitious]] counting of [[Eurasian Magpie|magpies]], which are members of the crow family. Singer Adam Duritz heard the rhyme in the film ''[[Signs of Life (1989 film)|Signs of Life]]'', which starred his close friend, actress [[Mary-Louise Parker]].<ref name=RollingStone94>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.monmouth.com/~jkochel/crows/articles/rolling.html |title=The Biggest New Band In America |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 30, 1994 |access-date=March 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115214844/http://www.monmouth.com/~jkochel/crows/articles/rolling.html |archive-date=November 15, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Here is one modern version of the rhyme:
{{blockquote|<poem>One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret,
Never to be told.
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten for a bird,
You must not miss.<ref>P. Tate, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OFmORVI7x_EC&dq=%22one+for+sorrow%2C+two+for+joy%22+rhyme+magpie&pg=PT76 ''Flights of Fancy: Birds in Myth, Legend, and Superstition''] (New York: Random House, 2010), {{ISBN|1409035697}}.</ref></poem>|sign=|source=}}

The rhyme is featured in the song "[[A Murder of One]]" on the band's debut album, ''August and Everything After''.<ref name=RollingStone94/>