I wonder if the original intention of the song
was to conjure up an image of a cloud of malevolent, carrion-hungry ravens filling the sky?
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 12:28, archived)

I'd be profoundly
upset if it wasn't.
( Geordie Al, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 12:30, archived)