This is a tune called Twa Corbies. A variant on "Three Ravens" contained
in the Childs Ballads
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Intro:
Amin - Dmaj7/A (add 9) - G6/B - Cmajor / Dmaj (add 11 and 9)
(E min) As I was walking (D maj) all (E min) alane,
I heard twa corbies (D maj) mak (Emin) ing a mane;
(A min) The tane unto the t'other (D maj (add 11 and 9) say, (E min)
"Where sall we gang and dine the day?" (Bmaj) Oh
(E min) "Where sall we gang and (D maj) dine (C maj) the day?" (Dmaj).
In behint yon auld fail dyke,
I wot there lies a new-slain knight;
And naebody kens that he lies there
But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair oh
But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair
His hound is to the hunting gane,
His hawk to fetch aa the wild-fowl hame,
His lady's ta'en another mate,
So we may make our dinner sweet oh
So we may make our dinner sweet
Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane,
And I'll pike out his bonny blue een;
Wi ae lock o his gowden hair
We'll theek our nest aye fin it grows bare.
We'll theek our nest aye fin it grows bare.
Mony a one for him makes mane,
But nane sall ken whae he is gane,
Oer his white banes, when they are bare,
The wind sall blaw for evermair oh
The wind sall blaw for evermair