Fair Isle Folk - The Water is Wide

"The Water Is Wide" (also called "O Waly, Waly") is thought to be an English or Scottish folk song that has been sung since the 1600s and has seen considerable popularity through to the 21st century.

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Music

Tags:

• Water
• Wide
• Fair
• Isle
• Folk
• Irish

[nimax5]

Of all the different YouTube versions I 've listened to, I like this the most (video is sweet too). Beautiful. Thank you.

[totalkaos100]

this is the best version

[coolman10191]

It's the water is wide not the water is deep

[Loomr]

There's such longing and sadness in this version .. and beauty too ofc. Needless to say, I love it.

[santirock69]

V1) the water is wide, i can't swim over, nor do i have, the wings to fly, build me a boat that will carry 2 and both shall row, my love and i, V2) a ship there is, that sails the sea, she's loaded deep, as deep can be but not so deep as the love i'm in and i know not, do i sink or i swim, when love is young and love is fine, it's like a gem when first it's new but love grows old and love grows cold and fades away like the morning due, repeat V1! this is best version, song stems from scotland.

[ElleMaeve]

lovely song and music!

Not stupid at all.

For same tempo and music, changed words and language try:

'la Ballade Nord Irlandaise' by Renaud

It's very good

[1zammet]

stupid song it is not really the original

[josephdavidpalmer]

@josephdavidpalmer

yes it is what

[josephdavidpalmer]

@JulietElric

yes it is

[josephdavidpalmer]

no its not its irish

[irishblood62]

A real treat thanx for the posting pure class many a memory recalled listening to this, timeless classic for us paddy's

[don4o]

If you hear Carrickfergus song, probably you will see that the song is Irish