The Water is Wide (Traditional Scottish) - arr.

by Frank Perkins (2018)

https://www.frankperkins.co.uk/music - frank@frankperkins.co.uk
see Notes & Legend below - tab by weed@wussu.com - 26 January 2020
MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/anon_the_water_is_wide.mid
audio: https://soundcloud.com/weed-49/the-water-is-wide - Frank Perkins

standard tuning: E A D G B E key: D major time: 4/4

Tempo comodo (at a moderate easy pace)

c2______________________________ c3______________________________
1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|---------2-------2-------2-------|---------3-------3-------3-------|
B|---------5-------5-------5-------|---------5-------5-------5-------|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----3-------3-------3-------3---|
D|-0===============================|-0===============================|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
mf 4 4

cantabile (in a
c2______________________________ c3______________ singing style)
3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|---------2-------2-------2-------|---------3=======----------------|
B|---------5-------5-------5-------|---------5=======--------3--/5-5-|
G|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----3---------------2---4--/6-6-|
D|-0===============================|-0===============================|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
4 4 1 1
2 2 2

c2______________________
arp. arp.
5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|--2-------3-------2-------0---0---|---------------------------------|
B|--5-----------5---5-------0-------|-3-------0-----------------------|
G|*-2---2-----------2-------2-------|-----2-------0---2---------------|
D|*-0===============0---------------|---------------------0--h2---4---|
A|--------------------------4=======|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-3===============2===============|
2 1 3 1 2 2 4
4 4 3 2 1

7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|---------------------------------|-------------0---2-------3-------|
B|-----------------------------0---|-3-----------3-----------0-------|
G|-2===============--------7---6---|---------0-----------0-------0---|
D|-0===============----7---9---7---|-----2---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2===============----------------|-3===============3===============|
2 1 1 3 1 3 1 3
1 3 3 2 2 2

arp. arp. arp.

9 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|-0---------------0===============|=========--------0---2---3-------|
B|-------------2---2===============|=========3-------0---0---0-------|
G|---------4-------4===============|=========0-------0---0---0-------|
D|-----2---------------------------|---------4-----------0-----------|
A|-0===============================|-------------------------0-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
> 1 4 2 2 1 1 2
4 2 rit.

C2_____________________arp. arp.
11 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|-5===================3---2---0---|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------2-------0-----3-|/7===========7---7===============|
G|-------------2-----------0-------|---------7-------7===============|
D|---------2-----------------------|-----5-----------5===============|
A|-----4---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2=======================3=======|-7===============7===============|
3 2 2 4...4 4 4
3 3 3
1 1
2 2

C2______________________
13 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|=========5-------3-------0-------|-----------------2---------------|
G|=========----0-------0-------0---|-2-----------2-----------2-------|
D|=========------------------------|---------4---------------0-------|
A|---------4=======2=======--------|-----4---------------------------|
E|=========----------------3=======|-2=======================--------|
4 4 3 4 1
1 1 2

M
arp. arp.
15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-0-------3-------232-----3-------|-3=======================3=======|
G|-2---------------4===============|-0---------------0---------------|
D|-0---0---------------------------|-4-----------4-------------------|
A|-----------------0===============|-5-------5-----------------------|
E|-3===============----------------|-----5---------------------------|
1 3 121 1 1 1
2 4 2 2
4 3 4

1________________________________ 2_________________________________
17 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | .
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B|=================--------3--/5-5--|=================================||
G|---------------------2---4--/6-6-*|---------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------*|---------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------||
1 1
2 2 2

Notes & Legend

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"To discover the origins of the song 'The Water is Wide', it is necessary to go
back to the 1720s, and look at the old Scottish ballad 'O Waly, Waly'. This song
was first printed in 1725 in William Thomson's 'Orpheus Caledonius, or a
collection of the best Scotch songs set to Musick'. It has been performed and
recorded by countless artists." (Frank Perkins)

The tempo of the MIDI is 80 bpm (beats per minute - quarter notes).

left hand fingering below the tab -

1 - index finger
2 - middle finger
3 - ring finger
4 - little finger (pinky)

=== - notes held, length of notes

/ - slide the note up
> - accented, marked, stressed
arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note
c2 - part barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger
C2 - barre on the 2nd fret with the 1st finger
c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret with the 1st finger
h - hammer-on
M - upper mordent (ornament) - play main note, followed by the note above
(in the scale), and then return to original note - (may be extended)
mf - mezzoforte - moderately loud
rit. - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower

repeat the section 1____ play the 1st time 2_______ play on repeat
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