The Water Is Wide

The water is wide and I can't cross over

Neither have I wings that I could fly

Build me a boat that could carry two

And both shall row my love and I

There is a ship and she sails on the sea

She's loaded down as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

And 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

Neither have I wings that I could fly

Build me a boat that could carry two

And both shall row my love and I