The Water Is Wide

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