The Water Is Wide

[Verse 1]

The water is wide, I cannot cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that will carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

[Verse 2]

A ship there is, and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

And I know not if, I sink or swim

[Verse 3]

O down in the meadows the other day

A-gathering flowers both rich and gay

A-gathering flowers both red and blue

I little thought what love could do

[Verse 4]

I put my hand into one soft bush

Thinking the sweetest flower to find

I pricked my finger right to the bone

And I left the sweetеst flower behind

[Verse 5]

For love is handsomе, and love is kind

Gay as a jewel when first it's new

But when it's old it grows quite cold

And it fades away like the morning dew