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T:The Twa Corbies
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk/
F:Jack Campin's Nine-Note Tunebook
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S:Albyn's Anthology, 1818, via Bronson
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w:As I was wal-king a' a-lane
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w:I heard twa cor-bies mak -in' main
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w:The teen un-tae the - ti-ther say oh,
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w:Where shall we gang and dine the day oh
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w:Where - shall we gang - and dine the day
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W:1
W:As I was walking a' alane,
W:I heard twa corbies makin' main
W:The teen untae the tither say oh,
W:Where shall we gang and dine the day oh,
W:Where shall we gang and dine the day.
W:
W:2
W:In ahint you auld fail dyke,
W:I wot there lies a new slain knight
W:Naebody kens that he lies there oh,
W:But his hawk an' hound an' his lady fair oh
W:But his hawk an' hound an' his lady fair oh
W:
W:3
W:His hound is tae the huntin' gane,
W:His hawk tae fetch the wild fowl hame
W:His lady's ta'en anither mate, oh,
W:So we can hae oor denner sweet oh,
W:So we can hae oor denner sweet oh,
W:
W:4
W:Ye'll sit on his white breist bane,
W:I'll pike oot his bonny blue een,
W:Wi' a lock o' his yalla hair oh,
W:We'll theek oor nest when it grows bare, oh,
W:We'll theek oor nest when it grows bare, oh,
W:
W:5
W:There's many an ane for him make main
W:But nane shall ken whaur he is gane,
W:O'er his white banes when they are bare oh,
W:The wind shall blaw for ever mair oh,
W:The wind shall blaw for ever mair.