Water Is Wide, The

The water is wide   
And neither have
Build me a boat
And both shall row

There is a ship
She’s loaded deep
But not so deep
I know not how

Love is handsome
The sweetest flower
But love grows old
And fades away

Instrumental

Build me a boat
Build me a boat
And both shall row

I can't cross over
I wings to fly
that can carry two
my love and I

and she sails the sea
as deep can be
as the love I’m in
I sink or swim

and Love is fine
when first it’s new
and waxes cold
like summer dew



that can carry two
my love and I
my love and I