LEAH The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide (also called O Waly, Waly or simply Waly, Waly ) is a folk song of Scottish origin, based on lyrics that partly date to the 1600s. It remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset (1906). The water is wide n I can t cross o er, n neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, My love and I For love is gentle and love is kind And love is sweet when first it s new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like mornin dew There is a ship and it sails the sea She s loaded deep as deep can be But not as deep as the love I m in I know not how I sink or swim The water is wide n I can t cross o er n neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, My love and I And both shall row, My love and I
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