The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall cross my true love and I
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall cross my true love and I
I lean'd my back against an oak
Thinking it was a mighty tree
Thinking it was a mighty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
So did my love prove false to me
So did my love prove false to me
I put my hand in some soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flow'are to find
I prick'd my finger to the bone
And left the sweetest flow'are behind
Thinking the sweetest flow'are to find
I prick'd my finger to the bone
And left the sweetest flow'are behind
O love is handsome and love is kind
Gay as a jewel when it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew
The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall cross my true love and I
18 comments:
Beautiful music, but my tastes in unrequited love trace back to Hee Haw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv13g44ROaw
"Where, where are you tonight
Why did you leave me here alone
I searched the world over and thought I found true love
You met another and [raspberry] you were gone"
Har! I remember that. We still get Hee Haw on Circle TV - talk about corny! But good music.
Interesting name for the tour, “Lilith Fair.” There is much mythology surrounding the name Lilith. Some say she was Adam’s first wife, made at the same time and of the same clay as Adam. She left Adam after refusing to become subservient to him and left the Garden of Eden, where she later coupled with an archangel. Other commentators and interpreters envisioned her as a dangerous demon of the night who was sexually wanton and stole babies in the darkness.
ZTP - interesting indeed. The issues around Adam's first wife, and indeed a reference to God's wife in Genesis, certainly were not covered in Sunday School classes!!
I think the woman might benefit from a chemistry lesson because love is a chemical state of mind. It starts out with sexual desire (estrogen and testosterone), followed by phenylethylamine (elation), which causes the release of norepinephrine and dopamine. Dopamine (associated with mate selection) triggers the release of oxytocin (the cuddle hormone), followed by serotonin and endorphins (opiate like feeling of attachment and comfort). However, the brain becomes tolerant to all this and the honeymoon is over 18 months to four years into a relationship. When the chemical carnality experience wears off, the damsel may console herself with sufficient THC or C2H5OH or both, until such time as the journey begins again with a new partner.
Turd, am not so sure it is that the brain becomes "tolerant to all this" as it is that lesser of the chemicals circulate in the bloodstream. In other words, production decreases rather than tolerance increasing.
Gents - I did not expect that this song would stimulate such an erudite discussion of physiology! Expect the unexpected, as they say.
Yes, Douglas E, there is irony between poetry and reality. Thankfully, reality can't take the romance out of poetry, unless one is a total nerd (like Terr D). My favorite comparison is the successful country western singer who laments the loss of love when in real life, with his status and money he could get any woman he wants. Perfect example is Ronnie Milsap and "It Was Almost Like A Song" (1977). However, no one can listen to that one without being seriously moved and ordering another beer. Give a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbeQa2hmznk
Wow, Cuz SH, I had't thought of Ronnie or that particular song in an age and a half! Great stuff- thanks!
Sometimes the "suspension of disbelief," as they call it in theatre, doesn't take. For example, we all remember Max Baer, Jr., the lovable, bumbling, dimwit from the Beverly Hillbillies. He was a good actor, but was so strongly associated with the Jethro character that when he tried serious stage acting, people would chuckle when he came on stage. He couldn't get a stage or movie job, so he wrote and produced his own movie, Macon County Line, for $100,000 and made $35 million off it.
Get out your Kleenex, Doc. Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKAeeGnAYBo
Better sound quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pmZ2UYcpc8
Tucker Carlson calls Obama ‘one of the sleaziest & most dishonest figures’ in political history after John Lewis eulogy.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1234426/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-rips-barack-obama/
I and millions of others label Carlson as ‘one of the sleaziest & most dishonest figures’ in broadcasting history
Lol!
We love your posts on music, Doc. Keep them coming!
Thanks Gina girls :-) I have been lax in posting - seems like I should have more time during the COVID slowdown, but that seems not to be the case. But - I will try to get back on it!
PS - Check new post with same tune, by Mary Travers.
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