Twa Corbies

Intro:  Em  D   Em

Em                D    Em
As I was walking all alane
Em                    D     Em
I heard twa corbies makin' mane;
          G                  D
And one ontae the other did say,
Em                        D        Em
“Where shall we gang and dine the day
Em                       D        Em
Where shall we gang and dine the day?”


Em              D        Em
“In behind yon oul fail dyke
Em                  D          Em
I wot there lies a new slain knight;
             G                  D
And naebody kens that he lies there
         Em                          D   Em
But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair,
Em                              D    Em
His hawk and his hound and his lady fair.”


Em                    D      Em
His hawk is tae the hunting gane,
Em                        D      Em
His hound to fetch the wildfowl hane;
               G            D
His lady has taken another mate
Em                   D     Em
So we can make our dinner sweet,
Em                D      Em
We can make our dinner sweet”


Em                    D           Em
“You can sit on his white breast bone
Em                     D          Em
And I'll pick out his bonny blue een;
            G                  D
And with a lock of his yellow hair
Em                        G         Em
We'll theek our nest when it grows bare,
Em                        G         Em
We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.”


Em                     D         Em
“And many's a one for him makes mane
Em                 D       Em
Naebody kens where he has gane;
                   G                    D
Through his white bones when they grow bare
Em                      D     Em
The wind shall blow for evermare,
Em                      D     Em
The wind shall blow for evermare.”