The three ravens (John Gerrard Williams)

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• (Posted 2023-12-18)  CPDL #78333:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-18).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 522 kB   Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: The three ravens
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: John Gerrard Williams
Lyricist: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB, SA solos or semi-chorus
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1922 J. Curwen & Sons
Description: Traditional song

Original text and translations

English text

There were three ravens sat on a tree,
They were as black as they might be,
The one of them said to his mate,
“Where shall we our breakfast take?”
Down, down in yonder green field
There lies a knight slain ’neath his shield.

From “Melismata” (1611)