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The water is wide (Traditional)

from Songs from a Phone by Halfwitch

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The water is wide, I cannot cross over
And neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I

D G D – / Bm Em A – / F#m – Bm G / Em A D –

A ship there is and it sails the seas
She’s laden deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I’m in
I know not if I sink or swim

I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it were a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
So did my love prove false to me

O love is handsome and love is fine
The sweetest flower when first it’s new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew

When the roses bloom in winter’s gloom
Then will my love come back to me
When cockle shells turn silver bells
Then would I lose my love for thee

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from Songs from a Phone, released March 21, 2019

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Wychwood Ottawa, Ontario

We identify only half-jokingly as “the world’s first blackgrass band.” We play old murder-ballads and other spooky traditional folk songs, with some bright and sentimental spots thrown in for contrast. Some days we’re acoustic purists. Some days we like to corrupt traditional folksongs with bits of black metal, ambient, and noise music. We’re trying to make folk music dangerous again. ... more

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