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406: 36: 242:"O Waly Waly" (Wail, Wail) may be sometimes a particular lyric, sometimes a family tree of lyrics, sometimes "Jamie Douglas", sometimes one melody or another with the correct meter, and sometimes versions of the modern compilation "The Water Is Wide" (usually with the addition of the verse starting "O Waly, Waly"). 259:
A key ancestor is the lyric "Waly, Waly, Gin Love Be Bonny" from Ramsay's "Tea Table Miscellany" (1724), given below. This is a jumble of verses from other lyrics including "Arthur's Seat shall be my Bed" (1701), "The Distressed Virgin" (1633) and the Scottish scandal ballad "Jamie Douglas" (1776).
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He delivers "The Water Is Wide" beautifully in 1996, at one of the earliest sessions for Time Out of Mind. It's unclear whether it was actually being considered for the album, or was just a warm-up with the band, but either way it's clearly a polished arrangement and a wonderfully committed vocal
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Jürgen Klos traces the first verse to "I'm Often Drunk And Seldom Sober" (c. 1780), the second to "The Seamans leave taken of his sweetest Margery" (c. 1660), the third to "Oh Waly, Waly, Gin Love Be Bonny" (already 'old' when published in c. 1724), and the fourth to "Hey trollie lollie, love is
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used the melody and verses of "The Water Is Wide" for his arrangement — which does not have the "O Waly, Waly" verse, yet is titled "Waly, Waly". A different melody is used for the song "When Cockleshells turn Silver Bells" also subtitled "Waly, Waly". Yet another melody for "O Waly, Waly" is
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The imagery of the lyrics describes the challenges of love: "Love is handsome, love is kind" during the novel honeymoon phase of any relationship. However, as time progresses, "love grows old, and waxes cold". Even true love, the lyrics say, can "fade away like morning dew".
293:("It was a noble woman") matches closely the opening line of one known variation of Lord Jamie Douglas: "I was a lady of renown". However, the content of the English-language "Carrickfergus" includes material clearly from the Scots/English songs not in any known copy of 970: 906:, a prayer closing most modern Jewish services, Susan Colin performed a version with an also-revised prayer. One congregation's choir performed it with the standard Hebrew prayer. One instrumental version is consistent with the stanzas of the prayer. 336:. There have been multiple subsequent variations of the song and several names — including "Waly, Waly", "There is a Ship", and "Cockleshells" — which use and re-use different selections of lyrics. The song "Van Diemen's Land" on the album 231:. Lyrics from different sources could be used with different melodies of the same metre. Consequently, each verse in the modern song may not have been originally composed in the context of its surrounding verses nor be consistent in theme. 1533:
Nikki Iles' piano is another source of strength for May. Iles is especially prominent on "Whaley Whaley." Nowhere on the album is the purity of May's voice and phrasing more striking than on this anonymously written, Irish-sounding folk
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Predecessors of "The Water Is Wide" also influenced lyrics for other folk and popular songs, such as the modern version of the Irish "Carrickfergus" (1960s) and the American "Sweet Peggy Gordan" (1880). The Irish folk song
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The modern lyric for "The Water Is Wide" was consolidated and named by Cecil Sharp in 1906 from multiple older sources in southern England, following English lyrics with very different stories and styles but the same
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Some though not all versions of "Jamie Douglas" have the first verse that starts "O, Waly, Waly". Andrew Lang found a variant verse in Ramsay's "Tea Table Miscellany" from a 16th-century song.
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from Bob. (Update: A newspaper report at the time indicates it may have been recorded for a Pete Seeger tribute album, but Bob was unhappy with his performance and pulled it).
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used the tune for his work "The Gift of Love". Hopson also wrote Christian lyrics to "The Water is Wide", which are often performed by church choirs.
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without music. Performers or publishers would insert, remove, and adapt verses from one piece to another: floating verses are also characteristic of
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Recording of "The Water Is Wide" by the Beers Family at the 1963 Florida Folk Festival (made available for public by the State Archives of Florida)
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The song "When the Pipers Play", sung by Isla St. Clair on the video of the same name, uses the melody of "The Water Is Wide".
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The use of 'cockleshells' and 'silver bells' in Thomson's version (1725) pre-dates the earliest published "
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Bob Dylan recorded a version of "The Water is Wide" during the recording sessions for his album
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suggesting considerable interplay among all known traditions. The Welsh version is called "
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87), "Jamie Douglas", which in turn refers to the ostensibly unhappy first marriage of
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The Tea-table Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English
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in 1996, perhaps intended for use on a then soon-to-be-released multi-artist
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tribute album. This rendition was first released to the public on the
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uses it for the Third Movement in his "Suite for Strings" (1973).
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Some popular lyrics for "The Water Is Wide" are within the book
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jolly" (c. 1620.) He could not trace the melody before 1905.
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of British origin. It remains popular in the 21st century.
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uses a variation of the melody of "The Water Is Wide".
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recorded this song in 2014 for the second season of
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But first it bow'd, and syne (soon) it brak (broke),
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The lyrics for "Waly, Waly, Gin Love Be Bonny" from
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translated the song into French. It was recorded in
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The Water is Wide (traditional, UK/USA; circa 1724)
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Earlier sources were frequently published as 1300:"The Water Is Wide The History of a Folksong" 776:I found you true, love, when first you spoke, 477:O waly, waly, but love be bonnie (beautiful), 8: 924: 796:No matter what, my love, I'll stay with you. 374: 368: 1036:, and is sung during the end titles by the 955:for her 75th birthday celebration in 2016. 300: 294: 288: 794:No matter what, love, you'll stay with me, 781:Our love shines clearly against the storm, 487:Or wherefore should I kame (comb) my hair? 464:And waly, waly, yon burn-side (riverside), 389:" uses the melody of "The Water Is Wide". 133: 491:And says he'll never love me mair (more). 120:Learn how and when to remove this message 1288:(Twelfth ed.). Wilson. p. 170. 1186:"Mary Mary Quite Contrary Nursery Rhyme" 1046:covered the song for Kevin Smith's film 542:But had I wist (known), before I kiss'd, 514:And shake the green leaves off the tree? 1102: 1026:The tune occurs as a repeated theme in 1007:Secretary-General of the United Nations 823:And both shall row, my true love and I. 817:The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er, 785:Turns turbulent waters to perfect calm, 618:I reached my finger into some soft bush 140: 1615:Clerks III (2022) - Soundtracks - IMDb 792:Love is the jewel that guides us true, 655:As to love a man who'll break my heart 527:But my love's heart grown cauld to me. 521:'Tis not the frost, that freezes fell, 500:The sheets shall ne'er be fyl'd by me, 440: 877:The tune is often used for the hymn " 852:And fades away like the morning dew. 846:Bright as a jewel when first it's new 835:I leaned my back against a young oak, 826:A ship there is and she sails the sea 783:Turns darkest night to brightest day, 778:'tis true you are, and ever shall be. 649:Must I love a man who doesn't love me 590:A ship there is and she sails the sea 537:My love was clad in the black velvet, 318:James Douglas, 2nd Marquis of Douglas 7: 1009:, while their wives seek an alleged 850:And fades away like the morning dew, 844:O love is handsome and love is kind, 839:But first it bent and then it broke, 819:And neither have I the wings to fly. 799:The water is wide, I cannot get o'er 763:The water is wide, I cannot get o'er 660:When cockle shells turn silver bells 632:Oh love be handsome and love be kind 576:The water is wide, I cannot get over 546:I'd lock my heart in a case of gold, 539:And I my sell in cramasie (crimson). 523:Nor blawing snaws (snow) inclemency, 516:O gentle death, when wilt thou come? 483:And fades away like the morning dew. 462:And waly, waly doun the brae (hill), 267:" (1744) and may relate to torture. 58:adding citations to reliable sources 1705:(video) – about history of the song 841:Thus did my love prove false to me. 830:But not so deep as the love I'm in, 805:And both shall row, my love and I. 772:I leaned my back up against an oak, 641:And fades away like the morning dew 635:Gay as a jewel when first it is new 621:Thinking the fairest flower to find 610:But first it bent and then it broke 550:Oh, oh! if my young babe were born, 507:Since my true love has forsaken me. 468:I lean'd my back into an aik (oak), 1479:"The Water Is Wide (Instrumental)" 1454:"ADON OLAM - Tune "Water is Wide"" 1344:"When I survey the wondrous Cross" 848:But love grows old and waxes cold, 821:Build me a boat that can carry two 803:Build me a boat that can carry two 769:And both shall row, my love and I. 767:Build me a boat that can carry two 666:When roses bloom in winter's gloom 627:And left the fairest flower behind 596:But not so deep as the love I'm in 544:That love had been sae ill to win, 25: 832:And I know not if I sink or swim. 828:She's laden deep, as deep can be. 790:Love is the centre of all we see, 663:Then will my love come back to me 652:Must I be born with so little art 646:Must I go bound while you go free 638:But love grows old and waxes cold 585:And both shall row, my love and I 582:Give me a boat that can carry two 554:And I my sell were dead and gane, 512:wind, when wilt thou blaw (blow), 1546:Padgett, Ray (27 January 2023). 951:sang and recorded the song waze 879:When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 801:And neither have I wings to fly, 787:A blazing lamp to light our way. 765:And neither have I wings to fly, 613:So did my love prove false to me 593:She's loaded deep as deep can be 489:For my true love has me forsook, 474:Sae my true love did lightly me. 466:Where I and my love wont to gae. 441:Problems playing this file? 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