 The proverbial use of the corn crake 's call to describe someone with a grating or unmelodious voice is illustrated in the quotation " thanks to a wee woman with a voice like a corncrake who believed she was an apprentice angel " . This usage dates from at least the first half of the nineteenth century , and continues through to the present . 
 The proverbial use of the corn crake <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>call to describe someone with a grating or unmelodious voice is illustrated in the quotation " thanks to a wee woman with a voice like a corncrake <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>believed she was an apprentice angel " . This usage <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>dates</mark></a> from at least the first half of the nineteenth century , and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>continues</mark></a> through to the present . 
Da proverbial use of the corn crake  call to describe someone with a grating or unmelodious voice is illustrated in tdaquotation " thanks to a wee woman with a voice like a corncrake believed she was an apprentice angel " . This usage date from at least the first half of the nineteenth century , and continue thru to the present .