Twa Corbies
Steeleye SpanVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
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.
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Readable chord sheet for Twa Corbies by Steeleye Span
[Em] [D] [Em] [Em]As I was walking a[D]ll al[Em]ane [Em]I heard twa corbies ma[D]kin' m[Em]ane; And one on[G]tae the other did s[D]ay, [Em]Where shall we gang and d[D]ine the d[Em]ay [Em]Where shall we gang and d[D]ine the d[Em]ay? [Em]In behind yon o[D]ul fail d[Em]yke [Em]I wot there lies a n[D]ew slain kn[Em]ight; And naebody k[G]ens that he lies th[D]ere But his h[Em]awk and his hound and his la[D]dy f[Em]air, [Em]His hawk and his hound and his l[D]ady f[Em]air. [Em]His hawk is tae the hu[D]nting g[Em]ane, [Em]His hound to fetch the wil[D]dfowl h[Em]ane; His lady has ta[G]ken another m[D]ate [Em]So we can make our di[D]nner s[Em]weet, [Em]We can make our di[D]nner sw[Em]eet [Em]You can sit on his wh[D]ite breast b[Em]one [Em]And I'll pick out his b[D]onny blue e[Em]en; And with a l[G]ock of his yellow h[D]air [Em]We'll theek our nest when [G]it grows b[Em]are, [Em]We'll theek our nest when [G]it grows b[Em]are. [Em]And many's a one for h[D]im makes m[Em]ane [Em]Naebody kens where [D]he has g[Em]ane; Through his white b[G]ones when they grow b[D]are [Em]The wind shall blow for [D]everma[Em]re, [Em]The wind shall blow for [D]everma[Em]re.