Beautiful song. Beautifully sung and played. The changes you made to the words were quite subtle and turn this into a much warmer love song. Brilliant.
@RobertLawrenceMusic Actually i first saw the song in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, further to hearing it i went to my City library and found the song sheet with true words.Even i get slightly wrong.Must find out again so i am going to the library again as the history of the song was on it.
If you check Wikipedia, search for -The Water Is Wide-, you will find lots of information on the song. As you say, there are many versions of this song.
@MsLouise1960 thanks i have a beginning version on my vide now if you want you can share,,i will look but the libraries need us to use them lol and thank-you
I would love to get the tabs for the music.
bagpiper2010 1 year ago
Very nice version, simple and pure the way a folk song should be.
bagpiper2010 1 year ago
Absolutely wonderful, makes me cry. Your voice has such a beautiful melancholy quality.
MoiraMcDonald1 1 year ago
This is wonderful. Your voice has such a purity of sound. The guitar playing is lovely too.
celticprincess1000 1 year ago
Beautiful song. Beautifully sung and played. The changes you made to the words were quite subtle and turn this into a much warmer love song. Brilliant.
MusicManIreland 1 year ago
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Why have i not found the correct words?All performers have put the verses in a different order.i know the Old Words the way it was first written.
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
Why have i not found the correct words?All performers have put the verses in a different order.i know the Old Words the way it was first written.
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
Why have i not found the correct words?All performers have put the verses in a different order.i know the Old Words the way it was first written.
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
Actually there is no know original version of this song.
The roots of the song are unclear, with some claiming an English origin and others claiming a Scottish origin.
It is also very similar to the Northern Irish song Carrickfergus.
It has been sung since around the 1600s.
There have been constant changes to the words over the centuaries, and this tradition in folk music continues.
RobertLawrenceMusic 1 year ago
@RobertLawrenceMusic Actually i first saw the song in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, further to hearing it i went to my City library and found the song sheet with true words.Even i get slightly wrong.Must find out again so i am going to the library again as the history of the song was on it.
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
If you check Wikipedia, search for -The Water Is Wide-, you will find lots of information on the song. As you say, there are many versions of this song.
Thanks for the comments :)
RobertLawrenceMusic 1 year ago
@MsLouise1960 thanks i have a beginning version on my vide now if you want you can share,,i will look but the libraries need us to use them lol and thank-you
MsLouise1960 1 year ago
Truly beautiful.
starlight1946 2 years ago 9