Twa corbies - Two Ravens, English folk ballad, Pied Pipers. descargar videos gratis

Twa Corbies (Two Ravens) is a haunting Scottish folk ballad, first published in a song book in 1611. This version is the best, in my opinion, because of the 'poliphonic' introduction, because the arrangement is great, and because there is a beautiful reed-pipe solo in the end. The text runs approximately as it follows*** (I know the version you're listening to is quite different, but I'm not an English native speaker, so I didn't dare 'correct' the differences relying on what I hear):

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 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 another 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;

Oer his white banes, when they are bare,

The wind sall blaw for evermair.'

***Source: Wikipedia. For every mistake you'd notice, put the blame on Wiki.

Enjoy. :)