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<b>Edition notes:</b> One voice only, #20 from 'Melismata'


==General Information==
==General Information==
<b>Title:</b> <i>There were Three Ravens (#20 from 'Melismata')</i><br>
'''Title:''' ''There were Three Ravens''<br>
<b>Composer:</b> [[Thomas Ravenscroft]]<br>
{{Composer|Thomas Ravenscroft}}
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<b>Number of voices:</b> 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Voicing:</b> 4 part<br>
'''Number of voices:''' 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' 4 part<br>
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Secular music|Secular]], [[Canons]] <br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, [[Canon]] <br>
<b>Language:</b> [[English]]<br>
{{Language|English}}
<b>Instruments: </b>none, a cappella<br>
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
<b>Published: </b>Melismata (1611)<br>
'''Published:''' Melismata (1611)<br>


<b>Description:</b> <br>
'''Description:''' One voice only, #20 from 'Melismata'<br>


<b>External websites: </b>
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==Original text and translation==
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<poem>
There were three ravens sat on a tree,
Down a down hey down hey down.
And they were as black as they might be,
With a down.
Then one of them said to his mate:
"Where shall we our breakfast take?"
With a down derry derry derry down down.


[[Category:Sheet music]][[Category:Secular music]][[Category:Canons]][[Category:4 equal voices]][[Category:Renaissance music]]
Down in yonder greenfield,
Down a down hey down hey down.
There lies a knight slain under his shield;
With a down.
His hounds they lie down at his feet,
So well they can their master keep.
With a down derry derry derry down down.
 
His hawks they fly so eagerly,
Down a down hey down hey down.
There is no fowl dare come him nigh
With a down.
But down there comes a fallow doe,
As great with young as she might go.
With a down derry derry derry down down.
 
O she lifts 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 an 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 evensong time.
With a down.
God send every gentleman
Such hounds, such hawks and such a leman.
With a down derry derry derry down down.
</poem>
 
[[Category:Sheet music]]
[[Category:Canons]]
[[Category:4 equal voices]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]

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Editors: Greg Lindahl and Bernard Roth (added 2001-06-06).   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes:

General Information

Title: There were Three Ravens
Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: 4 part
Genre: Secular, Canon

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Melismata (1611)

Description: One voice only, #20 from 'Melismata'

External websites:

Original text and translation

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There were three ravens sat on a tree,
Down a down hey down hey down.
And they were as black as they might be,
With a down.
Then one of them said to his mate:
"Where shall we our breakfast take?"
With a down derry derry derry down down.

Down in yonder greenfield,
Down a down hey down hey down.
There lies a knight slain under his shield;
With a down.
His hounds they lie down at his feet,
So well they can their master keep.
With a down derry derry derry down down.

His hawks they fly so eagerly,
Down a down hey down hey down.
There is no fowl dare come him nigh
With a down.
But down there comes a fallow doe,
As great with young as she might go.
With a down derry derry derry down down.

O she lifts 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 an 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 evensong time.
With a down.
God send every gentleman
Such hounds, such hawks and such a leman.
With a down derry derry derry down down.

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