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THE TWA CORBIES, by                    
First Line: As I was walking all alane
Last Line: The wind sall blaw for evermair
Variant Title(s): The Two Corbies
Subject(s): Holidays;new Year;ravens;scotland;tragedy


As I was walking all alane,
I heard two corbies making a mane;
The tane unto the t'other say,
"Where sall we gang and dine to-day?"

"In behint yon auld fail dyke"
I wot there lies a new-slain knight;
And nae body kens that he lies there,
But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair.

"His hound is to the hunting gane,
His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame"
His lady's ta'en another mate,
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 when it grows bare.

"Mony a one for him makes mane,
But nane sall ken whare he is gane;
O'er his white banes, when they are bare,
The wind sall blaw for evermair."





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