The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly) - From TwinkleTrax Vol.3 - Nursery Rhyme World: 20 Fantastic Songs For Kids.\r
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The video was filmed at Loch Leven Castle, Perthshire. This castle, situated on an island in the middle of Loch Leven, was a prison to Mary, Queen of Scots for a year in 1567-68. A month after arriving at the castle, she suffered a miscarriage of twins. On 24 July 1567, she was forced to abdicate in favour of her infant son, James VI, later James I of England. On 2 May 1568, with the help of boatman Willie Douglas, she did indeed find a boat that could carry two and made her escape. But within a fortnight she found herself in exile in England. She was executed for treason on 8 February 1587, having never returned to Scotland.\r
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The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly) Lyrics\r
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The water is wide, I cant get oer\r
And neither have I wings to fly\r
Give me a boat that can carry two\r
And both shall row, my love and I \r
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Where love is planted, O, there it grows\r
It buds and blossoms, like a rose\r
It has a sweet and pleasant smell\r
No flower on earth, can it excel.\r
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There is a ship sailing on the sea\r
Its loaded deep, as deep can be\r
But not as deep, as the love Im in\r
I know not if I sink or swim.\r
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Oh love is gentle and love is kind\r
The sweetest flower when first its new\r
But love grows old and waxes cold\r
And fades away like morning dew\r
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The water is wide, I cant get oer\r
And neither have I wings to fly\r
Give me a boat that can carry two\r
And both shall row, my love and I \r
And both shall row, my love and I\r
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Other tracks on TwinkleTrax Vol.3 - Nursery Rhyme World: 20 Fantastic Songs For Kids are:\r
1) Tell Me Ma\r
2) What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor\r
3) Oranges And Lemons\r
4) Ding Dong Bell\r
5) Goosey Goosey Gander\r
6) Incey Wincey Spider\r
7) Polly Put The Kettle On\r
8) I Had A Little Nut Tree\r
9) Did You Ever See A Lassie?\r
10) I Hear Thunder\r
11) In An English Country Garden\r
12) Baa Baa Black Sheep\r
13) Widdecombe Fair\r
14) Ride A Cock Horse\r
15) Girls And Boys Come Out To Play\r
16) See Saw Marjory Daw\r
17) Medley: The Grand Old Duke of York / The King of France\r
18) The Water Is Wide\r
19) Cockles and Mussels\r
20) Dona Nobis Pacem