Lyrics:
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As I was walking all alane
I heard twa corbies makin' mane
And one ontae the other did say
Where will we gang and dine the day,
Where will we gang and dine the day.
In ahind yon oul fail dyke
I wot there lies a new slain knight.
Naebody kens that he lies there
But his hawk and hound and his lady fair,
His hawk and hound and his lady fair.
His hawk is tae the hunting gane
His hound to bring a wild fowl hane
His wife has taken another mate
So we can make our dinner sweet,
We can make our dinner sweet.
And you can sit on his white breast bone
And I'll pick out his bonny blue e'en
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 forever mare,
The wind shall blow forever mare.
Meaning of Scottish words:
twa=two
corbies=crows (or ravens)
ahind=behind
oul=old
fail dyke=wall of turf
wot=know
kens=knows
hause-bane=neck bone
een=eye
theek=thatch
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