One of my favourite songs. It features Maddy Prior on lead vocals and Gay Woods on 
backing vocals. It was first recorded by them in 1970 for Hark! The Village Wait and then 
again in 1995 as "Corbies" for their album Time.

Intro:  Em  D   Em

Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)  EmAs (022000@1)I was walking all alane
Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)   EmI (022000@1)heard twa corbies makin' mane;
          G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)one ontae the other did say,
Em (022000@1)                      D (xx0232@1)      Em"Where (022000@1)shall we gang and dine the day
Em (022000@1)                     D (xx0232@1)      EmWhere (022000@1)shall we gang and dine the day?"

Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)      Em"In (022000@1)behind yon oul fail dyke
Em (022000@1)                D (xx0232@1)        EmI (022000@1)wot there lies a new slain knight;
             G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)naebody kens that he lies there
         Em (022000@1)                        D (xx0232@1) EmBut (022000@1)his hawk and his hound and his lady fair,
Em (022000@1)                            D (xx0232@1)  EmHis (022000@1)hawk and his hound and his lady fair."

Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)    EmHis (022000@1)hawk is tae the hunting gane,
Em (022000@1)                      D (xx0232@1)    EmHis (022000@1)hound to fetch the wildfowl hane;
               G (320003@1)          DHis (xx0232@1)lady has taken another mate
Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)   EmSo (022000@1)we can make our dinner sweet,
Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)    EmWe (022000@1)can make our dinner sweet"

Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)         Em"You (022000@1)can sit on his white breast bone
Em (022000@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        EmAnd (022000@1)I'll pick out his bonny blue een;
            G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)with a lock of his yellow hair
Em (022000@1)                      G (320003@1)       EmWe'll (022000@1)theek our nest when it grows bare,
Em (022000@1)                      G (320003@1)       EmWe'll (022000@1)theek our nest when it grows bare."

Em (022000@1)                   D (xx0232@1)       Em"And (022000@1)many's a one for him makes mane
Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)     EmNaebody (022000@1)kens where he has gane;
                   G (320003@1)                  DThrough (xx0232@1)his white bones when they grow bare
Em (022000@1)                    D (xx0232@1)   EmThe (022000@1)wind shall blow for evermare,
Em (022000@1)                    D (xx0232@1)   EmThe (022000@1)wind shall blow for evermare."
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