Thiman had a fascination with English folk song. Here he sensitively sets O Waly Waly also known as The Water Is Wide as a three-Voice part song for SSA unaccompanied.Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.