The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles) by Traditional Sheet Music for SSA Choir at Sheet Music Direct
Log In
1704408
The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles) Digital Sheet Music
Cover Art for "The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles)" by Traditional PASS

The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles)
by Traditional SSA Choir - Digital Sheet Music

₹330.00
Sales tax calculated at checkout.

Unauthorized duplication hurts music creators. Please ensure you purchase the number of copies needed to accommodate all members of your ensemble. Minimum 10 copies.

Free access with trial. ₹99/month after. Cancel anytime.
Purchase of The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles) includes:
Official publisher PDF download (printable)
Access anywhere, including our free app

This item is not eligible for PASS discount.

Audio Preview

Product Details


Product Description

This is a travelling folk-song and no mistake; it has many titles: Waly Waly (Wail, Wail), There is a Ship, Cockleshells - which use and re-use different selections of lyrics. It has been sung in different forms for hundreds of years: there are ancestors dating back to the sixteenth century. There's an Irish version, a Scots version, a Welsh version. I always believed it to be from the north of England - it was a surprise to learn that Cecil Sharp collected it from the southern county of Somerset (1906). The modern "The Water is Wide" was popularised by Pete Seeger in his folk song revival (1958) whereupon it became an American folk-song too. Such a sad song ... love doesn't last! These harmonies are straightforward, an easy learn. The 2nd Sops have the melody, the Altos a gentle harmony. The 1st Sops have two descants, moments of glory for them ... if your choir has Sops that love to soar up to G and can sustain it, then in the final chord all parts sing their top note of the chord. If not, sing the lower note. I've not written in any dynamic markings; it's a folk-song - have fun with interpretation!

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

Other Arrangements of The Water is Wide (arr. Sylvia Miles)