"if you can sing 'the star-spangled banner', you can sing anything"

[letheraniel]

"Sing with me!

The water is wide,
I cannot cross over
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That will carry two
And both shall roam
My love and I.

...What -- you didn't think I'd let you go without a song, did you?" - Ms. Seeger

Comments

[iliachenvaar]

Hmm, that is (probably among other things) a Loreena McKennit song, isn't it?

[letheraniel]

Not quite -- there are some similarities but "The Water is Wide" is English, whereas the Loreena McKennitt version, "Carrighfergus" is Irish. Their lyrics only coincide for that one verse. Also, the tune is different. Good call, though -- I hadn't even noticed that.

[anathelen]

That was much better than my high school graduation ^_^ Yay St John'sness!