In this possibly very ancient Scottish ballad, two carrion crows cast a cold and hungry eye over a dead knight As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t’other ...

This ballad has a Scots version and an English version, called The Three Ravens. In the English version, three ravens plan to eat a knight’s body but it is protected by his hawk, hound, and a pregnant ...