#twacorbies

A collab with art by @corbie-quaesitum and fic by @unnamedelement for @tolkienrsb. You can find the art and story in the TRSB 2021 collection on AO3 HERE. (See A/N for more information and additional warnings.) A “soundtrack” for the fic can be found here.

Info from the images as text beneath the cut!

This episode focuses on Roud 3, “The Three Ravens.” A dark and dreary peek at death and love and martyrdom, this song -- first published in 1611, and thought to date back to the 13th century -- is not the darkest part of this episode. Wait until you hear about "Twa Corbies."

Also, the song at the end was "The Three Ravens" by Judy Henske & Jerry Yester off of their album Farewell Aldebaran.

I wish I could have fit in something about this song, because I think it's the funniest recording of The Three Ravens that exists. It's such a shining example of that drug-fueled, over-dramatic, ultra-flowery songwriting that was so popular in the late-60's/early-70's. It takes what is already a dramatic song and amps it up to the point of pure absurdity, in an attempt to wring some emotions out of the listener. It's like the child of and old folk ballad and MacCarthur Park. I love it and I must have listened to it 20 times while preparing for this episode. Make sure you listen to it at LEAST once.

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REFERENCES:

(all of these books or websites were resources I used in researching this episode)

BOOKS:

"Still More Ballads and Folk-Songs from the Southern Highlands" by Mellinger E. Henry

"The Other Print Tradition: Essays on Chapbooks, Broadsides, and Related Ephemera" edited by Cathy Lynn Preston and Michael James Preston

"The Three Ravens Explicated" by Vernon V. Chatman III in "Midwest Folklore Vol. 13, No. 3."

WEBSITES:

http://mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/twacorbies.html

http://mainlynorfolk.info/cara/songs/threeravens.html

http://library.efdss.org/cgi-bin/query.cgi?cross=off&index_roud=on&access=off

http://www.classiccat.net/traditional_english/_ttr.info.php

http://www.barbaramcmichael.com/three_ravens.htm

http://sangstories.webs.com/twacorbies.htm

Sapphire Lambiekins I want to watch the Tudors..

Kylie CL Crüe Ooooooh that sounds Interesting

Jessica Seil The Tudors is always interesting :D

Sapphire Lambiekins I fucking love the Tudors....dammit....put it back on TV 1!!!!

Jessica Seil Correction Jess...the Tudors ARE always interesting

Jessica Seil I have series 1 and I think 2 on DVD

Sapphire Lambiekins More sex than TB...and wicked plot lines and history and JRM..Callum Blue, Henry Cavill and....Uh...Sam Neill is in it!!!!

Sapphire Lambiekins I love you :D

Jessica Seil Welll...I think its about the same amount of sex

Sapphire Lambiekins It's just....smexier

Jessica Seil Saph...trying to butter me up for mah DVDs? That's not playing fair :P

Sapphire Lambiekins I haven't brought Hiddles into it, THAT would be a dirty tactic.

Jessica Seil That would be EVIL...they're advertising Warhourse and the Avengers on Sky *hangs her head* I squee everytime I see Him :P

Jessica Seil and just to let you know....I'll bring the DVD's next time we catch up :)

Sapphire Lambiekins *horse

Sapphire Lambiekins Oh, you're the best big sister evah!

Sapphire Lambiekins He makes you stoopid

Kylie CL Crüe Can i borrow them after saph plz :-)

Jessica Seil Yes, I know...I was just ignoring my spelling mistake, thank you for correcting it :P

Sapphire Lambiekins NO!

Jessica Seil Sure you can Kylie

Jessica Seil I SAID YES!

Sapphire Lambiekins ......Sorry I'm not sorry?

Sapphire Lambiekins NO YOU DIDN'T YOU SAID SURE

Jessica Seil MAH DVDs....MAHHHHHHHHH DECISION :P

Sapphire Lambiekins ........I'll be good. I want mah JRM....I'll earn him

Kylie CL Crüe :-D

Jessica Seil :)

Sapphire Lambiekins Oh....the beauty of that man *flails with anticipation and collapses*

Jessica Seil He is kinda cute :D...and he does well as Henry VIII

Sapphire Lambiekins *snarls* 'kinda cute'?

Sapphire Lambiekins EXCUSE ME? THAT MAN IS MAH HIDDLES

Jessica Seil if you're that desperate for him, I'll be at Westfield Mall about 3:30 tomorrow...I'll bring the DVDs and I can give them too you if you meet me there.

Jessica Seil Well, I was going to say it, but thought better of it...but now I will....That man in no Hiddles :P

Kylie CL Crüe Lol Jess......SAPPHIRE!!!! Calm down!!!

Jessica Seil LOL

Sapphire Lambiekins He is MAH Hiddles though and he is IRISH!

Kylie CL Crüe Ok ok Sapphire

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Sapphire Lambiekins I shall see YOU *points sword at Jess* Tomozi at 3.30

Kylie CL Crüe Lol

Jessica Seil See you then, and as they say...Tis ON BEATCH *Pulls out her bow and arrows*

Sapphire Lambiekins Oh....bow and arrow eh? Well...I have dabbled in sword play....You wish to play your wits against me? Me who has commanded armies centuries before you were born?.............I just went Dracula on yo ass..........................