The Water Is Wide

The water is wide, I cannot get o'er

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

Their love is plentive, o'er there it grows

It grows and blossoms like a rose

It has a sweet and pleasant smell

No flower on earth can it excel

The ship there is 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 if I sink or swim

Oh, love is handsome and love is fine

And loves a jewel when it is new

But rain it above it grows so cold

And fades away like morning dew