The Water Is Wide

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The water is wide. It recounts a year he spent teaching african american children on a remote barrier island off the south carolina coast in the late 1960s. Cecil sharp published the song in folk songs from somerset 1906. Conroy was young naive idealistic and controversial. It is related to child ballad 204 roud number 87 jamie douglas which in turn refers to the ostensibly unhappy.

The water is wide also called o waly waly or simply waly waly is a folk song of scottish origin based on lyrics that partly date to the 1600s. The water is wide i can t cross over and neither have i wings to fly build me a boat that can carry two and both shall row my love and i there is a ship. The water is wide and i can t cross over neither have i wings that i could fly build me a boat that can carry two and both shall row my love and i. The water is wide lyrics.

Citation needed it remains popular in the 21st century.