ALBION BAND/Chris While - Flandyke Shore (with lyrics)

From "Along the Pilgrims way" - 1998 - lineup Ashley Hutchings/Chris While/ Ashley Reed/Simon Nicol
Lyrics:
I went unto my love's chamber window,
Where I often had been before,
Just To let her know unto Flandyke shore,
Unto Flandyke shore,
Never to return to England no more,

I went unto my love's chamber door,
Where I never had been before.
I saw the light springing from her clothes,
Springing from her clothes,
Just as the morning sun when first arose,
Just as the morning sun when first arose.

I was walking on the Flandyke shore
Her own dear father I did meet.
"My daughter she is dead," he cried.
"She is dead," he cried.
"And she's broken her heart all for the love of thee."
So I hove a bullet on to fair England's shore,
On to fair England's shore,
Just where I thought that my own true love did lay.

So I hove a dart that touched my true love's heart
Touched my true love's heart
And brought light in to her eyes again.

'The Flandyke Shore' seems to originate prior to 1696, and 'Flandyke' is almost certainly a corruption of 'Flanders', a country made up of parts of modern day Belguim and France. In 1693 Britain was at war with Flanders, and a man heading for the Flanders shore was likely to have been going to war. So the protagonist in the original song was probably a soldier.

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[tamcd1508]

It's 'dart', not dot.

[vanu49again]

@tamcd1508 Alright thank you...so "dart" it is .. dart as in throwing darts!!!???

Anyway...its a beautiful song isnt it????

Have a nice day.

Vanu

[tamcd1508]

You're welcome! It's a glorious song, collected in Dorset in 1906, although the last verse was added by Chris While to try and give it a happy ending. I've always interpreted the 'hove a bullet' bit to mean that the young man travelled home as fast as a bullet, i.e. as quickly as possible. Presumably you've heard the Nic Jones original?