The Devil's Dyke Lyrics

Old Forest The Devil's Dyke

IN TIMES FORGOTTEN, THE DEVIL CAME
TO VIEW THE SUSSEX WEALD
HE FOUND THAT CHUCHES HAD BEEN BUILT
BEHIND THE OCEAN SHEILD.

THE DEVIL, ANGERED AT THIS WORK,
DID FORM A MIGHTY PLAN ;
TO FLOOD THE QUIET VILLAGES
AND KILL ALL CHRISTIAN MAN.

THE BELLS PEALED, THE WITCHES BURNED
BUT THE DEVIL DIDNT STRIKE.
ONE DAY HE'LL RETURN TO COMPLETE
THE MIGHTY DEVIL'S DYKE.

THE DEVIL HE BEGAN TO DIG,
A PATH UNTO THE SEA.
BUT TOO LONG DID HE TARRY THERE,
AT FIRST LIGHT, HAD TO FLEE.

NEVER RETURNING TO HIS WORK,
THE CHURCHES STAND IN PLACE.
A MIGHTY CREVICE HE DID LEAVE,
TO WARN OF OUR DISGRACE.

THE BELLS PEALED, THE WITCHES BURNED
BUT THE DEVIL DIDNT STRIKE.
ONE DAY HE'LL RETURN TO COMPLETE
THE MIGHTY DEVIL'S DYKE