The water is wide I can't cross oer'
Neither have I 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 may sink or swim

Oh love is handsome and love is fine
The sweetest flower when first it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew

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

The Water Is Wide