The Water is Wide

The water is wide at the Payette River in Idaho, where I stayed this weekend!

It's Song #19 on the Splash CD, and I LOVE it.  When I was whitewater rafting with my friends this weekend, I could not stop singing it!  My poor friends!  It was either that, or "We're Floating Down the River."   I also happen to know that I am not the only person to burst into tears when "The Water is Wide" comes on for rocking time.  It's a very short song on our Kindermusik Splash CD, but I know there are more verses I've never even heard!

I decided to look for it on iTunes so I don't have to hit Repeat many, many times in class.  Have you looked for it on iTunes? There are more than 200 versions!  I'm overwhelmed.

So, dear readers who own this fantastic CD, do you have a favorite version of this song?  Which one?  I'm gong to spend a whole 99 cents on it, so I need your honest opinion.  The more gentle and folksy, the better!

Above is a picture of my kids and me today at the SF Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.  They only had to listen to the song 14 times on our drive into the city.  "MOM, are you crying AGAIN?"  Yup, that's me!  So much for my eye makeup!