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The Blackingstone Ravens

from Uncle Wolf by Clive PiG

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Song based on a legend from Moretonhampstead, Devon

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The Blackingstone Ravens

Intro: G A Bflat x 3 C x2

V1
Joe walked along the Quarry Way that morning G
After kissing his son’s rosy cheeks C D G
So little sleep, he was still yawning G
‘Cos of the little one of six weeks C D G
The cock was crowing, as he was going along Em C D
The winding track, when he was attacked Em C D

V2 The old boy with the lame leg & the dancing eye
Was snaring rabbits in the woods.
His wife was making pastry for their lunchtime pie
At the kitchen table she stood.
When 3 dark shadows swept/ swooshed overhead
Then 3 black crows feasted on the old boy’s neck

CHORUS
The Blackingstone Ravens G A Bflat x 2
They wheel through the skies G A Bflat C
The Blackingstone Ravens
Hear their croak fear their cries
Don’t look to the heavens C D
As they’re reeling by G C
For the Blackingstone Ravens C D
Will peck out your eyes F G


V3 Lovely little lambs on the hillside
Gamboling in the fields
So fluffy on the outside & warm & pink inside
Soon to be ripped by claws sharp as steel
Farmers lock up your livestock
Mother’s hold on tight, don’t let your little ones out of your sight

V4 Mary left her baby in the garden
When she went to the Moreton Fair
She bought a yellow ribbon from a tinker’s son
Who tied it in her auburn hair
When she got home O how did she scream?
For her baby’s bones were picked white & clean


CHORUS
The Blackingstone Ravens
They wheel through the skies
The Blackingstone Ravens
Hear their croak, fear their cries
Don’t look to the heavens C D
As they’re reeling by G C
For the Blackingstone Ravens C D
Will peck out your eyes F G

INSTRUMENTAL


V5
Joe walked along the Quarry Way that morning G
After kissing their son’s rosy cheeks C D G
Mary did not heed his warning G
& left their little one of six weeks C D G
When they got home, O how they did scream Em C D
For their baby’s bones lay picked white & clean Em C D


CHORUS
The Blackingstone Ravens
They wheel through the skies
The Blackingstone Ravens
Hear their croak, fear their cries

Don’t look to the heavens C D
As they’re reeling by G C
For the Blackingstone Ravens C D
Will peck out your eyes F G

© Clive PiG

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from Uncle Wolf, released April 1, 2010

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Clive PiG Newton Abbot, UK

Clive PiG is an International Storyteller, musician and potato juggler.
www.clivepig.co.uk

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