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11There were three ravens sat on a tree,As I was walking all alane,
22Down a down hey down hey down.I heard twa corbies making a mane;
33And they were as black as they might be,The tane unto the t'other say,
44With a down.'Where sall we gang and dine today?'
5Then one of them said to his mate:
6"Where shall we our breakfast take?"
7With a down derry derry derry down down.
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96Down in yonder greenfield,"In behint yon auld fail dyke,
107Down a down hey down hey down.I wot there lies a new-slain knight;
118There lies a knight slain under his shield;And naebody kens that he lies there,
129With a down.But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair.
13His hounds they lie down at his feet,
14So well they can their master keep.
15With a down derry derry derry down down.
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1711His hawks they fly so eagerly,His hound is to the hunting gane,
1812Down a down hey down hey down.His hawk, to fetch the wild-fowl hame,
1913There is no fowl dare come him nighHis lady's ta'en another mate,
2014With a down.So we may make our dinner sweet.
21But down there comes a fallow doe,
22As great with young as she might go.
23With a down derry derry derry down down.
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2516O she lifts up his bloody head,Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane,
2617Down a down hey down hey down.And I'll pike out his bonny blue e'en;
2718And kissed his wounds that were so red.Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair
2819With a down.We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
29She got him up upon her back
30And carried him to an earthen lake.
31With a down derry derry derry down down.
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3321She buried him before the prime,Many a one for him makes mane,
3422Down a down hey down hey down.But nane sall ken whare he is gane:
3523She was dead herself ere evensong time.O'er his white banes, when they are bare,
3624With a down.The wind sall blaw for evermair."
37Now God send every gentleman
38Such hounds, such hawks and such a leman.
39With a down derry derry derry down down.

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