The Water Is Wide Lyrics
The Water Is Wide - Pete Seeger
The water is wide I cannot get over
And 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
And I know not how I sink or swim
I leaned my back up against some young oak
Thinking he was a trusty tree
But first he bended and then he broke
And thus did my false love to me
Oh love is handsome and love is fine
Gay as a jewel when first it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like summer dew