The Water Is Wide

The Water Is Wide - Karla Bonoff

The water is wide

I can't cross 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

Oh love is gentle and love is kind

The sweetest flower

When first it's new

But love grows old

And waxes cold and fades away

Like morning dew

There is a ship and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

I know not how I sink or swim

The water is wide

I can't cross 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

And both shall row

My love and I