the water is wide

the water is wide i can not get o'er

and neither have i wings to fly

give me a boat that will carry two

and both shall row my love and i

where love is planted o there it grows

it grows and blossoms like a rose

it has a sweet and pleasant smell

no flower on earth can it excel

a ship there is and she sails the sea

she's loaded deep as deep can be

but not so deep as the love i'm in

i know not if i sink or swim

o love is handsome and love is fine

and love's a jewel while it is new

but when it is old it grows so cold

and fades away like morning dew