The water is wide, I can't cross over
and neither I have wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row - my love and I
Now love is gentle, and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
But love grows old, and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew
There is a ship, she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
but not as 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 I have wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
and both shall row - my love and I
and both shall row - my love and I