The Water Is Wide

The water is wide I can't cross o'er

Neither have I the wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row my love and I



There is a ship

and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep

as deep can be

But not so deep as the love I'm in

I know not how I sink or swim



I leaned my back against an oak

Thinkin' it was a trusty tree

But first it bent and then it broke

Just as my love proved false to me



Oh love is gentle and love is kind

the sweetest flower when first it's new

but love grows old and waxes cold

and fades away like the mornin' dew



The water is wide I can't cross o'er

Neither have I the wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

/:/ And both shall row my love and I /:/