"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. It
remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp
published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset
(1906).
"O Waly, Waly" has been a popular choice for
arrangements by classical composers, in particular
Benjamin Britten, whose arrangement for voice and piano
was published in 1948. John Rutter uses it for the
Third Movement in his "Su...(+)
"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. It
remains popular in the 21st century. Cecil Sharp
published the song in Folk Songs From Somerset
(1906).
"O Waly, Waly" has been a popular choice for
arrangements by classical composers, in particular
Benjamin Britten, whose arrangement for voice and piano
was published in 1948. John Rutter uses it for the
Third Movement in his "Suite for Strings" (1973).
The tune is often used for the hymn "When I Survey the
Wondrous Cross" by Isaac Watts. It is also the tune for
John Bell's "When God Almighty came to Earth" (1987)
and F. Pratt Green's "An Upper Room did our Lord
Prepare" (1974). Additionally, Hal H. Hopson used the
tune for his work "The Gift of Love". Hopson also wrote
Christian lyrics to The Water is Wide, which are often
performed by church choirs. Mack Wilberg has arranged
the tune to "Thou Gracious God" by Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Sr., which the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs
in the album Peace Like a River.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Is_Wide_(song)
).
I created this Arrangement for Strings (2 Violins,
Viola & Cello) from a previous arrangement for Flutes
by Jenne Van Antwerpen in 2018
SHEET MUSIC