Musical Monday: The Water Is Wide

Kazzy

Musical Monday: The Water Is Wide

Someone suggested this song for me a couple of months ago, but I wasn't sure how I wanted to handle it. I had a thought today to add some texture to it to make it a bit more haunting, as if it were being sung out in the woods at night while standing on the bank of a river.
That second person in the boat changes as we face different circumstances. This week I felt accompanied by both a good husband and by the Lord, as they took turns sitting beside me rowing.
Life is good. And even when the water is wide we can cross over. It's possible.

The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er.
And neither have I wings to fly.
Give me a boat that will carry two,
And both shall row. My love and I.

A ship there is, and she sails the sea.
She's loaded deep, as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I'm in.
I know not if I sink or swim.

Oh love be handsome, and love be kind.
Gay as a jewel when first it's new.
But love grows old and waxes cold,
And fades away like the morning dew.

The water is wide. I cannot cross o'er.
Neither have I wings to fly.
Give me a boat that can carry two,
And both shall row. My love and I.
The Water Is Wide

Kazzy's voice has been silenced by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act(see the details here). Sorry you can't listen to her sing directly. But send her a message and she'll try to work something out.