Frank Perkins - The Water Is Wide (trad) by Weed published on 2020-01-18T23:13:01Z A traditional Scottish ballad arranged for solo acoustic classical guitar and performed by Frank Perkins. This song is also widely known in the USA. "To discover the origins of the song 'The Water is Wide', it is necessary to go back to the 1720s, and look at the old Scottish ballad 'O Waly, Waly'. This song was first printed in 1725 in William Thomson's 'Orpheus Caledonius, or a collection of the best Scotch songs set to Musick'. It has been performed and recorded by countless artists." (Frank Perkins) (sheet available from frank@frankperkins.co.uk - tab available from https://www.classtab.org) Genre Classical
