 | English poets - 1801 - 382 Seiten
...sat OH a tree, Down a down, hey down, hey down, There were three ravens sat on a tree, With a down ; There were three ravens sat on a tree, They were as black as they might be, With a down, derry, derry, derry, down, down, n. The one of them said to his make,1 Where shall we... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 Seiten
...the words, and is adapted to four voices : There were three ranens sat on a tre, They were as blacke as they might be : The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakfast take >" •" Downe in yonder greene field, " There lies a knight slain under liis shield ; " His hounds... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 Seiten
...the words, and is adapted to four voices : There were three ravens sat on a tre, They -were as blacke as they might be : The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakfast take i" " Downe in yonder great field, " There lies a knight slain under his shield ; " His hounds they... | |
 | 1825 - 396 Seiten
...collection of ancient songs, begins . thus: There were three rauens sat on a tre, They were as blacke as they might be . The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakefast take?" ' ' Downe in yonder greene field, " There lies a knight slain under his shield,"... | |
 | 1825 - 398 Seiten
...collection of ancient songs, begins thus: There were three rauens sat on a tre, They were as blacke as they might be . The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakefast take?" " Downe in yonder greene field, " There lies a knight slain under his shield," &c.... | |
 | Ancient ballads - 1827 - 270 Seiten
...three ravens sat on a tree, Down a down, hey down; There were three ravens sat on a tree, With a down ; There were three ravens sat on a tree, They were as black as they might be, With a down, deny, deny, deny, down, down. The one of them said to his mate, Where shall we our breakfast... | |
 | William Hamilton Drummond - 1852 - 332 Seiten
...most of the other pieces contained in it." There were three ravens sat on a tree, They were as blacke as they might be: The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakfast take ?" May not the soliloquy of the solitary raven, in the Irish poem, foreboding the death of Oscar, and... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 438 Seiten
...on a tree, They were as blacke as they might be, With a downe, derrie, derrie, derrie, downe, downe. The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakefast take ? "— " Downe in yonder greene field, There lies a knight slain under his shield.... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 810 Seiten
...on a tree, They were as blacke as they might be, With a downe, dénie, dénie, derrie, downe, downe. The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakefast take ?" — " Downe in yonder greene field, There lies a knight slain under his shield.... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 430 Seiten
...on a tree, They were as blacke as they might be, With a downe, derrie, derrie, derrie, downe, downe. The one of them said to his mate, " Where shall we our breakefast take ? "— " Downe in yonder greene field, " His hounds they lie downe at his feete, So... | |
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Where shall we our breakfast take?" "Downe in yonder greene field, There lies a knight slain under his shield. "His hounds they lie downe at his feete, So well they can their master keepe. "His haukes they flie so eagerly, There's no fowle dare him come... 
