O, Waly, Waly
Public domain - full karaoke IMMHA-L187
Credit: Traditional · year not shown
Origin: Traditional British folk song, also known as 'The Water Is Wide'. Typed sheet, 3/4 time, one sheet on two pages.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water_Is_Wide
Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)
Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)
Chords as printed on the original song sheet. 3/4 time, key of G (typed sheet; chords in parentheses on the sheet are shown without them).
G C G The water is wide, I cannot get o'er, Em D7 And neither have I wings to fly, G Em O, go and get me some little boat, D7 G To carry o'er my true love and I. G C G A-down in the meadow the other day Em D7 A-gath'ring flowers both fine and gay, G Em A-gath'ring flowers both red and blue, D7 G I little thought what love can do. G C G I put my hand into some soft bush Em D7 Thinking the fairest flower to pluck; G Em I pricked my finger unto the bone D7 G And left the fairest flower alone. G C G I leaned my back up against some oak, Em D7 Thinking it was a trusty tree. G Em But first he bended and then he broke D7 G And so my true love proved false to me. G C G There is a ship sailing on the sea, Em D7 She's loaded deep as deep can be; G Em But not so deep as in love I am, D7 G I care not whether I sink or swim. G C G Where love is planted, O, there it grows, Em D7 It grows and blossoms like the rose. G Em It has a sweet and pleasant smell D7 G No flow'r on earth can it excel. G C G Must I be bound, O, and she go free, Em D7 Must I love one that cannot love me. G Em Why must I play such a childish part D7 G And love a girl that will break my heart. G C G O, love is handsome and love is fine, Em D7 And love is charming when it is true; G Em As it grows older it groweth colder D7 G And fades away like the morning dew.