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."