The Water Is Wide

French vocalist Renaud helped make the song popular among French-speaking countries. He wrote pacifist verses to the track “La ballade nord-irlandaise” (the Northern-Irish Ballad) for his 1991 album Marchand de cailloux, stimulating the difficulties of North Ireland.

The Breton group Tri Yann likewise tape-recorded a French variation “La Mer est sans fin”, in addition to a Breton version “Divent an ugly”. The first French variation is “La mer est tremendous” by the New Zealand vocalist Graeme Allwright on his 1966 cd Joue, joue, joue. The modern-day The Water Is Wide was promoted by Pete Seeger in the individual resurgence.

John Gorka sang the tune on the 1998 cd “Where Have All The Flowers Gone”, a two-CD event of Pete Seeger tunes by many artists. American jazz musician Charles Lloyd tape-recorded The Water Is Wide, a CD launched in 2000 on ECM Records with Lloyd John Abercrombie, Brad Mehldau, Larry Grenadier (double-bass), and Billy Higgins. The Charles Lloyd Quartet launched another version of the tune on the Mirror CD, with Lloyd, Jason Moran, Sandwich Rogers, and also Eric Harland.

The New Christy Minstrels taped this very same melody in 1963 with completely different lyrics, prepared by Randy Stimulates and also retitled “Last Farewell”. The thirtieth album of the band Oregon called Lantern, launched in 2017 on WEBCAM Jazz, includes a version of the tune as organized by Paul McCandless.

There have actually been multiple subsequent variants of the track as well as several names– consisting of Waly, Waly, There is a Ship, as well as Cockleshells– which use and also re-use various options of verses. As well as, in the Dunkerque circus, they sing “putain d’Islande” based upon the same tune. The Kingston Triad released a variation under the title “The River is Wide” in 1961.

• French vocalist Renaud assisted make the tune famous among French-speaking nations.
• The Kingston Trio released a variation under the title “The River is Wide” in 1961.
• The contemporary The Water Is Wide was promoted by Pete Seeger in the individual resurgence.
• He composed pacifist lyrics to the tune “La ballade nord-irlandaise” (the Northern-Irish Ballad) for his 1991 cd Marchand de cailloux, stimulating the difficulties of Northern Ireland.
• The Breton group Tri Yann also taped a French variation “La Mer est sans fin”, along with a Breton version “Divent an ugly”.

Neil Young wrote new, eco themed verses to the tune, and also recorded it as “Environment” on his 1990 cd Rough Glory. O Waly Waly may be in some cases a particular verse, in some cases an ancestral tree of lyrics, sometimes Jamie Douglas, occasionally one melody or another with the right meter, and also occasionally versions of the modern-day compilation The Water is Wide. Benjamin Britten used the melody as well as knowledgeables of The Water is Wide for his setup– which does not have the O Waly, Waly knowledgeable, yet is entitled Waly, Waly. A various tune is made use of for the song When Cockleshells turn Silver Bells, additionally subtitled Waly, Waly. Yet one more tune for O Waly, Waly is related to the Lord Jamie Douglas verse.