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Three Ravens

from IV by Mal VU

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Mal VU set this traditional folk text to song.

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There were three ravens sat on a tree,
Downe a downe, hay downe, hay downe.
And they were black as they might be,
With a down.

Then one of them said to his mate
"Where shall we our breakfast take?"
With a downe derrie derrie downe derrie downe.

Downe in yonder greene field,
Down a down hey down hey down.
There lies a knight slain under his shield;
With a downe.
His hounds they lie downe at his feete,
So well they can their master keepe;
With a downe derrie derrie derrie downe derrie downe.

[O] she lifts up his bloudy head,
And kist his wounds that were so red;
She got him up upon her backe
And carried him to the earthen lake;
With a downe derrie derrie derrie downe derrie downe.

She buried him before the prime
She was dead herselfe e're even-song time.
{Now] god send every gentleman
Such hounds, such Hawkes, and such a leman.
With a downe derrie derrie derrie downe derrie downe.

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from IV, released January 1, 2003
Darrin Brown
Traci Weingardt
Lesley Ann Fogle

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Mal VU Chicago, Illinois

Mal VU began in 1993 in Columbus, Ohio by performance artist Vena Gore (Lesley Ann Fogle) and Darrin Brown. After relocating to Chicago in 1998, Vena worked in various recording studios producing Mal Vu songs at night. Mal VU grew to include Traci Trouble and a slew of guest musicians from the Chicago scene. American gothic with dark narrative ballads. Members of After-Death Plan ... more

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