Translation of the song The Twa Corbies artist Archie Fisher
The Twa Corbies
Two Ravens
As I was walking all alane
As I was walking all alone
I spied twa corbies making mane
I spied two ravens moaning out
The tane unto the t'other did say-o
One said to the other-o
Where shall we gang and dine today-o?
Where shall we go and dine today-o?
Where shall we gang and dine today-o?
Where shall we go and dine today-o?
Down behind yon auld fail dyke
Down behind that old wall of turf
I wot there lies a new slain knight
I know that a new slain knight lies there
Nobody kens that he lies there-o
And no one knows that he lies there-o
But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair-o
But his hawk and his hound and his charming lady-o
But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair-o
But his hawk and his hound and his charming lady-o
His hound is to the hunting gang
His hound went hunting
His hawk to fetch the moore fowl hame
His hawk to drop the wildfowl home
His lady's ta'en another mate-o
His Lady found herself another man-o
Say, we may mak our dinner sweet-o
Thus we may have our dinner in a canter-o
Say, we may mak our dinner sweet-o
Thus we may have our dinner in a canter-o
You light upon his white house bane
You'll land on his collarbone
And I'll pick out his bonny blue eye'n
And I'll scratch his fine blue eyes out
With many a lock of his yellow hair-o
Along with a lock of his golden hair-o
We'll thick our nest where it grow's bare-o
We'll build our nest when it's in sight-o
We'll thick our nest where it grow's bare-o
We'll build our nest when it's in sight-o
Many a one for him maks mane
There are many that wail for him
But none shall ken where he has gang
But no one shall know where he has gone
Or his white bones when they are bare-o
Or his white bones, when they're in sight-o
The wind shall blow forevermare-o
The wind shall blow forevermore-o
The wind shall blow forevermare-o
The wind shall blow forevermore-o
As I was walking all alane
As I was walking all alone
I spied twa corbies making mane
I spied two ravens moaning out
The tane unto the t'other did say-o
One said to the other-o
Where shall we gang and dine today-o?
Where shall we go and dine today-o?
Where shall we gang and dine today-o?
Where shall we go and dine today-o?