...corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t' other say, ' Where sail we gang and dine to-day 1 ' ' — -In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a...naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his houfid, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gone, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl name, His...

...and unwashen feet — Alluding to the custom of washing and dressing dead bodies. THE TWA CORBIES.1 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 ? " — "In behint yon auld fail * dyke, I wot there lies a new slain...

...me she cries ; And I am wear)' of the skies, Since my love died for me. CVIII THE TWA CORBIES Anon. 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 ?' ' — In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there...

...void of care or strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A splendid shilling." JOHN PHILIPS. " As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The ane unto th' other did say, ' Whar shall we gang and dine to-day ? ' " Old Ballad. How Strangely our...

...making a moan. The one unto the other did say, Where shall we gang dine to-day ? In beyond that old turf dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair. His hound is to the hunting gone, His hawk to fetch the wild fowl...

...leman." Ancient Songt, 1792, p. 155 I have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized THE TWA CORBIES.1 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 ] " — " In behint yon auld fail 2 dyke, I w ,;t there lies a new-slain...

...other did say, ' Whare shall we get our denner this day ? ' Out ower aside yon auld fail dyke I wote there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to bring the wildfowl hame, His lady has...

...? In the old ballads, too, one may hear the bird keynote. He who wrote (and a great rhymer he was) 'As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane,' had surely the ' mane' of the ' corbies' in his ears before it shaped itself into words in his mind:...

...Night and day on me she cries ; And I am weary of the skies, Since my Love died for me. Anon. CVIII THE TWA CORBIES As I was walking all alane I heard...the t'other say, ' Where sail we gang and dine today ? ' ' — Ih behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain Knight ; And naebody kens that...

...making a moan. The one unto the other did say, Where shall we gang dine to-day ? In beyond that old turf dyke I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk and his hound and bis lady fair. His hound is to the hunting gone, His hawk to fetch the wild fowl...