Twa Corbies (Two Ravens): The Violet Moon

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The Violet Moon from Mühlau, near Chemnitz performing the classic traditional folk song Twa Corbies (Two Ravens).
The song originates from the 14th century - truly Mediaeval. It tells of two ravens or crows talking together about a dead knight lying in the roadside and "having dinner".
There is a moral or two about this tale, but we haven't worked it out.
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Here are the words and chords to the song. We sing it with a capo on the third fret.

Am G Am
As I was walking all alone,
Am G Am
I heard two ravens making moan;
C G
And one to the other did say
Am G Am
Where shall we go and dine today?
Am G Am
Where shall we go and dine today?

In behind that old turf wall,
I think there lies a new slain knight;
And nobody knows that he lies there,
But his hawk, his hound and his lady fair. (x2)

His raven has to the hunting gone,
His hound to fetch the wild-fowl home,
His lady's has taken another mate,
So we may make our dinner sweet.(x2)

And you can sit on his white breast-bone,
And I'll peck out his pretty blue eyes;
With one lock of his golden hair
We'll thatch our nest when it grows bare. (x2)

Many a one for him is making moan,
But nobody will know where he is gone;
Over his white bones, when they are bare,
The wind shall blow for evermore. (x2)