"The Twa Corbies"
Vernon Hill
Ballads Weird and Wonderful (1912)
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Single Greeting Card (with matching Envelope)
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BWW M7 SGC |
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Reproduction on 8x12'' sheet
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Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet
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BWW M7 12x18 |
The Twa Corbies
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As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sall we gang and dine to'day?" –
"I behint yon auld fail-dyke, I wot there lies a new'slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair.
"His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en anither mate, So we may mak' our dinner sweet.
"Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue een; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane; O'er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blaw for evermair." |