Twa Corbies

by helen melon

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Twa Corbies (Two Crows) begins with some words from the traditional Scots ballad but soon makes its own way lyrically and melodically as
these crows ask the killer questions.
Written after a walk in May 2020 during covid-19 times.

lyrics

As I walked out one day in May
I spied twa corbies making a mane
I spied twa corbies making a mane

''And who will miss you when you're dead?
Who did you touch and wake from dread?
What have you done, what have you said?
And who will miss you when you're dead?

Who did you choose and who reject?
Who did you want and soon forget?
Who did you catch in your small net?
Who did you choose and who reject?

Who did you name, who did you blame?
Who thinks on you with guilt and shame?
Who hides from you to ease this pain?
Who did you name, who do you blame?

Who do you bury, gagged and bound
Condemned to silence in the ground
While you enjoy the peace you found?
Who do you bury, gagged and bound?

Who do you merely pass on by?
Who n'er appears in your i?''
So cawed two crows and away did fly
''What treasures are you passing by?''

As i walked out, walked out one day
I spied twa corbies making a mane
I spied twa corbies making a mane
I spied twa corbies making a mane

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released June 11, 2020
this is an original song by helen melon, rooted in the folk music of the British Islands with gratitude and love.
recorded on a Tascam DR40X

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a lifetime befriending the wild horses of intuitive folk...
helen melon's songs have been making young men cry since the last century

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