The Water Is Wide - Among The Oak & Ash

The water is wide

I can’t cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat

I can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

Now there’s a ship

And she sails the seas

She’s loaded deep

As deep can be

But not so deep

As the love I’m in

I know not how I sink or swim

The water is wide

I can’t cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat

I can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

Love is handsome

And love is fine

As a jewel

When first it’s new

But love grows old

And waxes cold

And fades away

Like summer dew

The water is wide

I can’t cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat

I can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

And both shall row, my love and I