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Thread #9564 Message #1238143
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
01-Aug-04 - 02:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Twa Corbies / Three Ravens (Child #26)
Subject: RE: Twa corbies on a tree. Words??
So where in this does the version fit that I learned from my father? (I'll use the phonetics in my verse--I don't know how it looked on paper or wherever he learned it):
"Three craw, sat upon a wa', Sat upon a wa', Sat upon a wa-ah-ah-ah, Three craw, sat upon a wa', On a cold and a frosty morning."
"Said the first craw. . ." (I'll have to look it up from here)
I always assumed this had something to do with the songs mentioned above. I'll have to look around to get the verses for sure, but I have a recording of Dad (John Dwyer) singing that one.