Uploaded by YoakamNotYoakum on Jun 10, 2011
Carolyn Hester singing The Water is Wide (1961)
Amazing Folk song and singer I was so sad to
see barely anything of young Carolyn on Youtube, or
just the internet in general. So Enjoy!
Here's the Lyrics to Her/This version:
"The water is wide, I cannot cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I sink or swim
I leaned my back against some young oak
Thinking that he was a trusty tree
But first he bended, then he broke
And thus did my false love to be
Oh love is handsome, love is fine
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like summer dew
The water is wide, I cannot cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I"
Best possible audio quality I could achieve! Sorry!
I do not get any financial gain by posting this, but
all publishing rights are owned by Orchard Music.
(Which I am not)
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Love this song, used to sing it with my group. If anyone can post her singing Where Did My Little Boy go, I would be most grateful to hear it again!
youmusic49 1 day ago
True and fine. "I loved a lass" the best.
Gyns9 6 months ago