Laying our Ancestors back out in the
Sun
Some inspiration from the music of
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane
Coins for the Eyes was
composed by Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane and introduces the BBC Series Digging for Britain.
Whilst the lyrics inspire archaeologists, they are also a suitable soundtrack
to our own endeavour of genealogical and historical research.
As we
undercover clues to who we are, and where we were, and why we will, and inherit
the knowledge of past lives, we also dig for those whose stories lie
with buried paths and futures won. You can use the Farndale Story to
continue to dig for us as we have done.
The Farndale
Story aims to preserve the richness of our ancestors lives, who coursed the
nation’s path over generations, and avoid these stories being lost to time. The
Farndale story recovers the memory of thousands of real people who lived
inspiring lives of hard work, adventure, trials and fun.
The website
aims to recover the lives of our ancestors and put their stories back out in
the sun, or in the lyrics of the song, to lay the dead out in the sun
and by doing that, lay our own stories back out in the sun.
And so a
clue to who we are
And where
we were, and why we will
Inheritors
of knowledge now
And
ancestors to those who still might
Dig for
those whose stories lie
With
buried paths and futures won
And dig
for us as we have done
To lay
the dead out in the sun
To lay us
dead out in the sun
Coins for the Eyes,
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane