The Three Ravens - Andreas Scholl

The Three Ravens is an old English ballad. I like it best when Andreas Scholl sings it, he has such a lovely voice :)

I couldn't decide which picture to use for the song so I used two, both by the colorful artist, Ciro Marchetti
http://www.ciromarchetti.com/ciromarchetti/Home.html
The first picture is called "Fool of Dreams" and the second is "The Minstrel" They both somehow just seemed to fit the song to me.

Lyrics:
There were three ravens sat on a tree,
Down a down, hey down, hey down
They were a black as black could 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 do they their master keep.
With a down, derry, derry, derry down, down.

His hawks they fly so eagerly
Down a down, hey down, hey down
Theirs no other fowl that 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.

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