THERE were three ravens sat on a tree,  
They were as black as they might be.  
 
The one of them said to his make,  
'Where shall we our breakfast take?'  
 
'Down in yonder greene field          
There lies a knight slain under his shield;  
 
'His hounds they lie down at his feet,  
So well they can their master keep;  
 
'His hawks they flie so eagerly,  
There 's no fowl [bad word] him nigh.'
 
Down [bad word] a fallow doe  
As great with young as she might goe.  
 
She lift up his bloudy head  
And kist his wounds that were so red.  
 
She gat him up upon her back 
And carried him to earthen lake.  
 
She buried him before the prime,  
She was dead herself ere evensong time.  
 
God send every gentleman  
Such hounds, such hawks, and such a leman