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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
EmAs I was walking aDll alEmane EmI heard twa corbies maDkin' mEmane; And one onGtae the other did sDay, Em“Where shall we gang andD dine theEm day EmWhere shall we gang and dDine the dEmay?”
Em“In behind yonD oul failEm dyke EmI wot there lies a nDew slain knEmight; And naebody kGens that he lies thDere But his hEmawk and his hound and his laDdy fEmair, EmHis hawk and his hound and his lDady fEmair.”
EmHis hawk is tae the huDnting gEmane, EmHis hound to fetch the wilDdfowl hEmane; His lady has taGken another mDate EmSo we can make our diDnner sEmweet, EmWe can make our diDnner swEmeet”
Em“You can sit on his Dwhite breastEm bone EmAnd I'll pick out his bDonny blue eEmen; And with a lGock of his yellow hDair EmWe'll theek our nest when Git grows bEmare, EmWe'll theek our nest when Git grows bEmare.”
Em“And many's a one forD him makesEm mane EmNaebody kens where Dhe has gEmane; Through his white bGones when they grow bDare EmThe wind shall blow for DevermaEmre, EmThe wind shall blow for DevermaEmre.”