There [e] were three ravens [a] sat on a tree
[e] downe a downe, hay [B7] downe, hay downe
They [e] were as blacke as [a] they might be.
With a [B7] downe
The [G] one of them said [D] to his mate
Where [e] shall we now our breakfast [B7] take?
With a [e] downe, [D] derrie, derrie, derrie, downe, [e] downe
Downe in yonder greene field,
There lies a Knight slain under his shield
His hounds they lie downe at his feete
So well do they their Master keepe
His Hawkes they flie so eagerly
There is no fowle dare near him nie
Downe there comes a fallow Doe
As great with young as she might goe
She lifted up his bloody head
And kissed his wounds that were so red
She got him up upon her backe
And carried him to the earthen lake
She buried him before the prime
Was dead her self ere even-song time
God send every gentleman
Such hawkes, such hounds, and such a Leman
