The Water is Wide is the debut album of Irish singer Órla Fallon.
Most of the album was recorded and mixed at The Mill Studio in Swords, Co, Dublin, Ireland in July 2000 and was published by Liffey Music. The song "Siúil a Rún" was recorded in December 1999 and published by Bardis Music.
It was released in 2000 in Europe under the label Celtic Collections then released in North America as Celtic Woman Presents: Orlà - The Water Is Wide in 2006 under the label Manhattan.[1] The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard chart of World Music albums in 2006.[2] [3]
The album's title track, "The Water is Wide," was used on an episode of The Bold and the Beautiful on November 23, 2009 and was one of the ten most requested soap songs of 2009[4] on Soap.com. The song was also used during the 2009 Emmy Awards.[5]
| No. | Title | Arranged By | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She Moved Thro' The Fair | Órla Fallon, Denise Kelly | 3:56 | |
| 2 | Aililiu na Gamhna | Órla Fallon, Denise Kelly | 2:34 | |
| 3 | Cad É sin Don Te Sin | Órla Fallon, Denise Kelly | 3:01 | |
| 4 | Carrickfergus | Órla Fallon, Peter Eades | 4:15 | |
| 5 | Siúil A Rún | Marc Armstrong | 3:46 | |
| 6 | Down by the Sally Gardens | Órla Fallon, Peter Eades | 3:34 | |
| 7 | Na Buachailli Alainn | Denise Kelly | 1:59 | |
| 8 | Raglan Road | Denise Kelly | 4:17 | |
| 9 | Gartan Mothers Lullaby | Denise Kelly | 3:03 | |
| 10 | An Mhaighdean Mhara | Denise Kelly | 3:11 | |
| 11 | The Water Is Wide | Órla Fallon, Peter Eades | 3:24 |
An Mhaighdean Mhara, in English, means "The Mermaid."