The Water Is Wide

The water is wide

I cannot swim ore

And neither have I

The wings to fly

Give me a boat

That can carry two

And we both shall row

My true love and I

A ship there is

And she sails the seas

She's laden deep

As deep can be

But not so deep

As the love I'm in

And I know not if

I sink or swim

I leaned my back

Against a young oak

Thinkin he was

A trusty tree

But first he bended

And then he broke

Thus did my love

Prove false to me

Oh love is handsome

And love is kind

Bright as a jewl

When first it's new

But love grows old

And waxes cold

And fades away

Like the morning dew

And fades away

Like the morning dew