Pictures in color by Johan Rosen
Guitar: La Portentosa 1998 by Dieter Hopf
Guitar player: Christer Leinehed
Audio Engineer Oli Whitworth www.oliwhitworth.com
Arrangement (with some changes) Takashi Terada
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.[citation needed] It remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset (1906).
The Water is Wide is a traditional Scottish folk song that tells of the progression of love from something that is yearned and fought for, into something that grows deep and lasting, until finally fading into memories past.
Lyrics
"The water is wide
I cannot get o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I---------"
