Treble solo, SATB choir, and piano SKU: MN.CH-1393
Composed by Gregg Smith. 21st Century. Octavo. Laurendale Associates #CH-1393. Published by Laurendale Associates (MN.CH-1393). UPC: 765844006666. English.
Waly, Waly is a well known Applachian folksong The water is wide and is a traditional English melody associated with the song O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony, the words of which most likely date back to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. The imagery of the lyrics describes the challenges of love: Love is planted, there it grows; however, as time progresses, when it is old it groweth cold. Even true love, the lyrics say, fades away like morning dew. Many different versions of the lyrics exist and in 1906 Cecil Sharp consolidated and named The Water Is Wide from multiple older sources in southern England.
