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Intro

As I was walking all alane

I heard twa corbies makin' mane;

 And one ontae the other did say,

“Where shall we gang and dine the day

Where shall we gang and dine the day?”

“In behind yon oul fail dyke

I wot there lies a new slain knight;

 And naebody kens that he lies there

 But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair,

His hawk and his hound and his lady fair.”

His hawk is tae the hunting gane,

His hound to fetch the wildfowl hane;

 His lady has taken another mate

So we can make our dinner sweet,

We can make our dinner sweet”

“You can sit on his white breast bone

And I'll pick out his bonny blue een;

 And with a lock of his yellow hair

We'll theek our nest when it grows bare,

We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.”

“And many's a one for him makes mane

Naebody kens where he has gane;

 Through his white bones when they grow bare

The wind shall blow for evermare,

The wind shall blow for evermare.”