The water is wide and I can't cross over ( The water is wide I cannot get over )
Neither have I wings to fly ( And neither have I wings to fly )
Build me a boat that can carry two ( Give me a boat that can carry two )
And both shall row my love and I.
There is a ship and it sails on the sea ( There is a ship it’s sailing the sea )
Loaded deep as deep can be ( It’s loaded deep as deep can be )
But not as deep as the love I'm in ( But not so deep as my love for him )
I know not if I sink or swim.
I leaned my back up against an oak ( I leaned my back up against some young oak )
Thinkin' it was a trusty tree ( Thinking he was a trusty tree )
But first it bent and then it broke ( But first he bended, and then he broke )
Just like my own false love to me. ( And thus did my false love to me )
Oh love is gentle, love is kind ( Oh love is handsome and love is fine )
Gay as a jewel when first it's new ( And love's a jewel when it's first new )
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like some morning dew. ( And fades away like morning dew )
The water is wide and I can't cross over ( The water is wide I cannot get over )
Neither have I wings to fly ( And neither have I wings to fly )
Build me a boat that can carry two ( Give me a boat that can carry two )
And both shall row my love and I.