Water is Wide
(traditional)

Oh the water is wide, I cannot cross o’er
Neither have I the wings to fly
Build 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

Oh love is gentle and love is kind
The sweetest flower, when first is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like summer dew

Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
Build me a boat that can carry two
And we shall row,
And we shall row,
And we shall row
My love and I