The Water Is Wide

The water is wide and I can't cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row My love and I

There is a ship and it sails on the sea

loaded deep as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

I know not if I sink or swim

I leaned my back up against an oak

Thinkin' it was a trusty tree

But first it bent and then it broke

just like my own false love to me

Oh love is gentle and love is kind

Gay as a jewel when first it's new

But love grows old and waxes cold

And fades away like the morning dew

The water is wide and I can't cross over

And neither have I wings to fly wings

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row My love and I.