Name: Water is Wide
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Description: I have been listening to Almeda Riddle on repeat <3 and though I really want you to listen to her version of "My Little Rooster," I ended up recording this one first.

Water is Wide

from Spittin' Pretty by Annick Odom

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I have been listening to Almeda Riddle on repeat <3 and though I really want you to listen to her version of "My Little Rooster," I ended up recording this one first.

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Now, the water’s wide, I cain’t cross over,
And neither have I the wings to fly.
But give me a boat that will carry two,
And we both will row, my love and I.

I leaned my back against an oak,
Thinking it was a trusty tree.
But first it bent, and then it broke,
so has my false true love for me.

Oh, the water’s wide, and I cain’t cross over,
And neither do I have wings to fly.
But give me a boat that will carry two,
And we both will row, my love and I.

I put my hand into a bush,
Thinkin’ the fairest flower to find,
But I pricked my finger to the bone,
And I left the fairest flower behind.

Oh the water’s wide, I cain’t cross over,
And neither do I have wings to fly.
But give me a boat that will carry two,
And we both will row, my love and I.

Now, there’s a ship that sails the sea,
She's a-laiden down as a ship can be,
But not more deep as the love I'm in,
And I don’t know if I’ll sink or swim.

Oh the water’s wide, I cain’t cross over,
And neither do I have wings to fly.
But give me a boat that will carry two,
And we both will row, my love and I.

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from Spittin' Pretty, released May 1, 2020

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Annick Odom Morgantown, West Virginia

Annick Odom is a Belgian-American double bassist and clarinetist. Her ongoing solo project, "West Virginia, My Home," explores the region of Appalachia in the United States through new commissions of pieces inspired by the area and by learning of (sometimes old and sometimes folk) songs from musicians still living in the region. ... more

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