Annotation:Three Ravens (The)
X:1 T:Three Ravens M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Thomas Ravenscroft – “Melismata” (London, 1611) F: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ravenscroft/modern/3rav.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor V:1"Treble" G2|G2A2B2d2|c2B2A4|G3A B2c2|d3e d2d2| G2A2B2G2|A2B2c2 Bc|d6 d2|d2f2e2d2|c2B2 A3A| B2d2c2B2|A2_F2D2 Bc|d4 cB AG| FG A2 G2|| V:2“Medivs." D2|D2 EF G3B A2G2^F4|B3A GB AG |^F3G F2F2| D6 E2|F4 G2 GG| A6 F2|F6 F2|F8| D4 D2D2|D6 DD|B3A GF EE|D2D2D2|| V:3"Tenor" G2|B3 c d2d2|e2d2d4|d3d d2G2|A3 A A2A2| B2c2e2B2|A4 G2 GG|^F6 A2|B2d2c2B2|A2B2 c4| B4 A2G2|^F3G A2 AA|f4 ed cB|A2 A2 =B2|| V:4"Bass" cleff = bass G,,2|G,,6G,,2|C,2G,,2D,4|G,3F, _E,2E,2|D,3D, D,2D,2| G,8|F,4 _E,2 E,E,|D,8|B,,8|F,8| G,8|D,6 D,D,|B,,4C,4|D,D, D,2G,,2||
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").
