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* [[Patrick Wolf]] has a song that quotes the aforementioned rhyme as the last stanza. Unsurprisingly the song itself is named [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mLhqJMy_WA Magpie]
* "Two Magpies" off of [[Paul McCartney]]'s album ''Electric Arguments'' features lines from the rhyme. Unsurprisingly, it's [[Ear Worm|extremely catchy]].
* The rhyme makes an appearance in the song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXBvK34rgg "Ravens in the Library"] by [[S.J. Tucker]] where it's song softly in counterpart to one of the early verses:
{{quote|''One for fiction, two for truth (One for sorrow)
''Three for bikes and bathing suits (Two for joy)
''Four for sci-fi/fantasy (Three for girls and four for boys)
''Five loves art and ancient skulls (Five for silver)
''Six eats periodicals (Six for gold)
''Seven lives in poetry (Seven for a secret never told)}}
 
== [[Oral Tradition]] ==