The Twa Corbies

1. As I was walking all alane

I heard twa corbies makin' a mane

the tane intae the tither say oh

"Whaur sall we gang and dine the day oh

whaur sall we gang and dine the day?"

2. "It's in ahint yon auld fail dyke

I wot there lies a new slain knight

naebody kens that he lies there oh

but his hawk and his hound and his lady fair oh

his hawk and his hound and his lady fair."

3. "His hound is to the hunting gane

his hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame

his lady's ta'en anither mate oh

so we may mak our dinner swate oh

so we may mak our dinner swate."

4. "It's ye'll sit on his white hause-bane

and I'll pike oot his bonny blue e'en

wi' ae lock o' his gouden hair oh

we'll theek oor nest when it grows bare oh

we'll theek oor nest when it grows bare."

5. "There's mony a ane for him maks mane

but nane sall ken whaur he is gane

and o'er his banes when they lie bare oh

the wind sall blaw for evermair oh

the wind sall blaw for evermair."