 Where sail we gang and dine today?' ' — 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...  The Book of British Ballads - Seite 423herausgegeben von - 1853 - 440 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 Seiten
...leman. Ancient Songt, 1798, p. 155. I have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized. THE TWA CORBIES. 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... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 Seiten
...Ancient Songs, 179C, p. 155. I hare seen a copy of this dirge much modernized. 215 THE TWA CORBIES. 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 he-hint yon auld fail* dyke, " I wot there lies a new-slain knight... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 Seiten
...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 nae body kens that he lies there, " But.his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. " His hound is to the hunting... | |
 | 1825 - 396 Seiten
...Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border," birds make a still more prominent figure in " The Twa Corbies :" As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane, The tane unto the t' other say, " Where shall we gang, and dine to day ?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, " I wot there... | |
 | 1825 - 398 Seiten
...dine to day ?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, " I wot there lies a new slain knight; " And nae body kens that he lies there, " But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair," &c. A bird is in the same way introduced, a few pages farther on, in the ballad of Lord William : Out... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 Seiten
...lemon." Ancient Bangi, 1792, p. 165. t have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized. THE TWA CORBIES.* As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making...sail we gang and dine to-day."— "In behint yon auld failt dyke, I wot their hes a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 Seiten
...or Irick necessary to open the door ; from enyine. ll'anc— A number of people. THE TWA CORBIES.' As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making...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... | |
 | Hannah D. Burdon - 1838 - 974 Seiten
...shadows of the houses, to await the coming of Witherinjjton near the corner of the bridge. CHAPTER V. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making...unto the t'other say, " Where sail we gang and dine to day ?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new slain knight. And naebody kens that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 Seiten
...modernized. THE TWA CORBIES. » As I was walking all alane, 1 heard twa corbies making a mane ; The lane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day." — "In behint yon auld failtdyke, I wot their fies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawK,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 810 Seiten
...Border, ii. 859. It was communicated to Scott by Mr. S harpe, as written down, from tradition, by a lady. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making...lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. " His hound is to the hunting gane, Hia hawk, to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another... | |
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