Just as the Tide was a Flowin'

Just as the Tide was a Flowin' (Trad)
(from Aunt Grace Winborn, Hastings)
 

Just as the Tide was a Flowin'

 
from the recording No Roses (1971)
 
Just as the Tide was a Flowin'
(trad arr Shirley Collins)
 

One morning in the month of May
When all the birds were singing,
I saw a lovely lady stray
Across the fields at break of day,
And softly sang her roundelay.

Chorus:
The tide flows in, the tide flows out,
Twice everyday returning

A sailor's wife at home must bide,
She halted heavily, she sighed,
“He parted from poor me, a bride,
Just as the tide was a-flowing.”

(2x chorus)

 
notes
This is a fragment from my Aunt Grace [Grace Winhorn, Hastings] that she sang to my sister and me when we were children. To my amazement and amusement it was covered by the American group 10,000 Maniacs. I like their version - it's very much like mine, so I've got to!
 
- Shirley Collins
 
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