Chorus.
The water is wide, I can’t cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
A 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
The Water is wide I cannot cross over
Neither have I the wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I
Oh love be handsome and love be kind
the sweetest flower when first it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew
The Water is wide I cannot cross over
Neither have I the wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I