The Three Ravens - English Folk Song

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This is A dark tail of English Folklaw, whether this was written first or whether the Scottish Poem came first I cannot remember, but this version is The Three Ravens and is almost the opposite of The Twa Corbies, The birds in that version did indeed feed upon the knight as his lover took another mate and his hound deserted him....

Hmm maybe I like the loyalty of the English version - nicely sung too.....

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[bloodydager]

@Sliepnir2006 and what does it have to do with this song

[Sliepnir2006]

@bloodydager I chose to make this video on behalf of a friend. I have an extensive collection of over 100,000 Lps and old recordings from a collection of over 30 years inc many original antique recordings and many of these are not on You Tube.

If I chose to support a friend or draw attention to any ongoing petition whilst I make these videos, then it serves a dual purpose. Perhaps if more of us thought about others instead of ourselves this world would be abetter place anyway.

[AGracelessLady]

Who sings this version?

[Sliepnir2006]

@AGracelessLady I must apologise here, I almost always place the name of the singers on my videos, but for some reason have forgotten to do so here. I will endeavour to dig this one out of my collection again and provide the details of singer and band.

Sorry for this omission.

[MARGARELON]

What has this song to do with the message? What case are you talking about anyway? Would be nice, if you could tell us the artist, who sung this. The link does not work.

[painoftheheart12]

@MARGARELON The lyrics are that this knight was killed and his hounds and haws keep him safe from the scavaging animals, despite their master's death. Loyalty to the very end. In the other version, it was a lack of loyalty. It is a folk song, so it would carry a message of virtue of the lack thereof.

[bloodydager]

@Sliepnir2006 all i did was ask a question theres no reason to get bitchy

[bloodydager]

@Sliepnir2006 what is the story behind whats on the screen?

[lawomega1]

So what if we cant place from what European country this song came from ,we mostly enjoy the beautiful singing which in my opinion was gorgeous,well done .

[necessi7y]

ehm. And by German, you do mean Scottish, eagh?

[MarthaDelios]

@brismaboy ,

It is most definitely an English folk ballad. It was first published in the early 17th c. (early 1600s) but it is, of course, a lot older than that. As far as I know it has been widely translated and sung in other languages, ever since the early 19th c. . Perhaps you know the German version of it (Die drei Raben?).