The Water Is Wide

The water is wide

I can't cross over

And neither have

I wings to fly

Give 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 is 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 handsome

and love is kind

and love is flower

when first it's new

But love grows old

and wax is cold

and fades away

like morning dew