JOAN BAEZ ~ The Water Is Wide ~

Joan Baez ~ THE WATER IS WIDE ~

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[hackedagain2]

Bob Dylan wrote this song and he and Joan Baez sang it together. Dylan wrote probably most of Peter, Paul and Mary's songs or they would Not have gone anywhere in the music world. Ginsburg (sp) managed them all, in the beginning.

[Scout4Me1]

@hackedagain2 Tell me you`re just kidding. LOL!

[hackedagain2]

@Scout4Me1 I would not kid about the history of music.

[Scout4Me1]

@hackedagain2 Get real. Google it.  :-)

[hackedagain2]

@Scout4Me1 I like Baez , but she didn't write that many songs. She, like many others did use Dylan's songs. He wrote so many that he often said he lost track.

[Scout4Me1]

@hackedagain2 Yes, and even Joan Baez said Dylan wrote the best songs.

[Jaschlueter]

@hackedagain2 Bob Dylan did NOT write this song. It is a Scottish folk song that has been sung since the 1600's. This may be his arrangement but he did not write it.

[greenisforganja]

@hackedagain2 you're aware this is an old folk song right?

[SydneyForTheDuration]

I think Joan would have been wise to get to down to Chile and match up with Victor Jara of her contemporary times. Victor wrote and sang better than any man or woman, and he had the courage of his convictions, but of course it was all in Castellano (Spanish) so I guess that doesn't count. Even so I think she might not have been quite so sad over a moral dabbler like Bob Dylan.

[timeriderx]

Ya'll would be surprised at where "Blowin in the wind" came from, not all from Zimmy's talented brain! As for my angel, she can do no wrong in my book! After all she supported "Bobby" from the first! She saw that he was a minstrel prophet and the world had to hear him and at least hear his words.

[bekindunlimited]

james taylor has a great version of this classic song

[TheCount289]

Dylan 'lifted' many old folk songs and put his own arrangement on them.

[GalDriver1]

@hackedagain2 they must have been around in the 17th century then, isn't it a folk song from then?

[gaconnochie]

@MrStarbucks10001 "Joan Baez is half Irish......and this song is an old Irish Folk Song from the British Isle." The mother of Joan Baez was Scottish, born in Edinburgh. Likewise the song is based on a Scottish folk song called Waly Waly which itself was based on an older Scottish ballad called Lord James Douglas. Like many folk songs Waly Waly was pesent in various versions throughout the English speaking world. The earliest version with the lyric "the water is wide" comes from England.

[SuperDedara]

I really like your voice

[SuperDedara]

Okay, I really like how you carry the tune of the song and I really injoy hearing your voice.

[MrStarbucks10001]

Joan Baez is half Irish......and this song is an old Irish Folk Song from the British Isle.

[pepsipopsihoogalto]

@hackedagain2

bob dylan did not write this song. waly waly or the water is wide is an old ballad from the british isles.

and though ppandm did sing many of his songs (as did joan baez), it is fair to say that bob dylan depended on their voices as they depended on his words