"The Three Ravens" (Roud 5, Child 26) is an English folk ballad, printed in the song book Melismata compiled by
The … Visa mer

Written in the Scots language, there is no record of how early "The Twa Corbies" first performed. Child (I, 253) quotes a letter from Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe to Walter Scott (August 8, 1802): "The song of 'The Twa Corbie… Visa mer

"The Three Ravens" and "Twa Corbies" have been performed and recorded by artists such as Heather Alexander, Annwn, A Chorus of Two, Ayreheart, Damh the Bard, Boiled in Lead, Djazia Satour, Cécile Corbel… Visa mer

• The popular American rock band The Horrible Crowes takes its name from "Twa Corbies".
• The song is featured in The Adventure Company's game Jack the Ripper and plays a major role in the gameplay.… Visa mer

Both "The Three Ravens" and "Twa Corbies" have been translated to other languages, typically all sung to the same melody as Twa Corbies, or that of the Breton song called "An Alarc'h" ("The Swan"). … Visa mer