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|f_annotation='''THREE RAVENS, THE.''' English, Air (2/2 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in Thomas Ravenscroft's '''Melismata''' (1611). The songs in the book were generally considered much older, states Kines, while Walker (1924) considers it an Elizabethan melody. Versions of songs about three crows exist today in folk tradition (see the Scottish song "Twa Corbie"). | |f_annotation='''THREE RAVENS, THE.''' English, Air (2/2 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in Thomas Ravenscroft's '''Melismata''' (1611). The songs in the book were generally considered much older, states Kines, while Walker (1924) considers it an Elizabethan melody. Versions of songs about three crows exist today in folk tradition (see the Scottish song "Twa Corbie"). | ||
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''There were three ravens sat on a tree,''<br> | |||
''Down a down, hey down, hey down''<br> | |||
''They were a black as black might be,''<br> | |||
''With a down.''<br> | |||
''The one of them said to his mate.''<br> | |||
''"Where shall we our breakfast take?"''<br> | |||
''With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''Down in yonder green field,''<br> | |||
''Down a down, hey down, hey down''<br> | |||
''Their lies a knight slain under his shield,''<br> | |||
''With a down.''<br> | |||
''His hounds they lie down at his feet''<br> | |||
''So well they do their master keep.''<br> | |||
''With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''His hawks they fly so eagerly''<br> | |||
''Down a down, hey down, hey down''<br> | |||
''No other fowl dare him come nigh,''<br> | |||
''With a down.''<br> | |||
''Down there comes a fallow doe''<br> | |||
''As heavy with young as she might go.''<br> | |||
''With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''She lifted up his bloody head,''<br> | |||
''Down a down, hey down, hey down''<br> | |||
''And kissed his wounds that were so red,''<br> | |||
''With a down.''<br> | |||
''She got him up upon her back''<br> | |||
''And carried him to earthen lake.''<br> | |||
''With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.''<br> | |||
<br> | |||
''She buried him before the prime,''<br> | |||
''Down a down, hey down, hey down''<br> | |||
''She was dead herself ere even-song time,''<br> | |||
''With a down.''<br> | |||
''God send every gentleman''<br> | |||
''Such hawks, such hounds, and such leman,''<br> | |||
''With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.'' .... [Digital Tradition]<br> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
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|f_printed_sources=Kines ('''Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time'''), 1964; p. 87. | |f_printed_sources=Kines ('''Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time'''), 1964; p. 87. | ||
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THREE RAVENS, THE. English, Air (2/2 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air appears in Thomas Ravenscroft's Melismata (1611). The songs in the book were generally considered much older, states Kines, while Walker (1924) considers it an Elizabethan melody. Versions of songs about three crows exist today in folk tradition (see the Scottish song "Twa Corbie").
There were three ravens sat on a tree,
Down a down, hey down, hey down
They were a black as black might be,
With a down.
The one of them said to his mate.
"Where shall we our breakfast take?"
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.
Down in yonder green field,
Down a down, hey down, hey down
Their lies a knight slain under his shield,
With a down.
His hounds they lie down at his feet
So well they do their master keep.
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.
His hawks they fly so eagerly
Down a down, hey down, hey down
No other fowl dare him come nigh,
With a down.
Down there comes a fallow doe
As heavy with young as she might go.
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.
She lifted up his bloody head,
Down a down, hey down, hey down
And kissed his wounds that were so red,
With a down.
She got him up upon her back
And carried him to earthen lake.
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.
She buried him before the prime,
Down a down, hey down, hey down
She was dead herself ere even-song time,
With a down.
God send every gentleman
Such hawks, such hounds, and such leman,
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down. .... [Digital Tradition]
