~PETER,PAUL AND MARY~ “The Raven“

~ THREE RAVENS ~ sung by Peter, Paul and Mary. “The Three Ravens“ is an English language folk ballad printed in the song book ’Melismata’ and published in 1611, but perhaps earlier. “The ballad takes the form of three scavenger birds conversing about where and what they should eat. One mentions a recently slain knight, but they find he is guarded by his loyal hawks and hounds. Furthermore “a fallow doe“ an abvious metaphor for the knight`s pregnant (“as great with young as she may go“) lover or mistre