Old Blind Dogs - The Twa Corbies
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
As I was walking, oh a' my lane
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I spied twa corbies, they were makin' mane
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And een ontae the other did say-o
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"Whar will we gang? Will we dine the day-o?
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Whar will we gang? Will we dine the day?"
[Verse 2]
It's in ahind yon oul fail dyke
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I wot there lies, oh, a new-slain knight
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Naebody kens that he lies there-o
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But his hawk, his hound and his lady fair-o
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His hawk, his hound and his lady fair
[Verse 3]
His hawk is tae the hunting gane
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His hound, to bring a' wild fowl hame
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His lady's ta'en another mate-o
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So we can mak' our dinner sweet-o
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So we can mak' our dinner sweet
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
It's you'll sit on his white horse bane
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And I'll pick out his bonny blue e'en
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Wi' a lock of his gowden hair-o
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We'll thak our nest fan it grows bare-o
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We'll thak our nest fan it grows bare
[Verse 5]
There's mony's an ane now for him makes mane
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But naebody kens where he has gane
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Through his bare bones as they lie bare-o
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The wind will blow aye forever mare-o
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The wind will blow, aye, forever mare___
[Outro]
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