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The Three Ravens
"The Three Ravens" (Roud 5, Child 26) is an English folk ballad printed in Melismata, a songbook compiled by Thomas Ravenscroft and published in 1611; the song may be older. Three scavenger birds talk over where and what they shall eat. One tells the others of a knight newly slain, but they find him guarded by his loyal hawks and hounds.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). The Three Ravens. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/the-three-ravens
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