10. The Water Is Wide

Traditional

Note: there are more verses to this song. There are alternative words and phrasing. The verses are sometimes sung in different order than below. I do not claim this version to be the definitve one. It's just the one I sing.

Lead vocal & guitar: Mike Agranoff
Harmony vocal: Christine DeLeon
Fiddle: Jay Ungar
Bass: Molly Mason

1.
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er,
Nor have I wings that I can fly.
Build me a boat that can carry two,
And both shall row, my love and I.

2.
I leaned my back 'gainst some strong oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree.
But first it bent, and then it broke.
So did my love prove false to me.

3.
Oh, love is gentle, and love is kind.
Bright as a jewel when first it's new.
But love grows old, and waxes cold,
And fades away like morning dew.

4.
There is a ship, 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.

repeat 1
The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er,
Nor have I wings that I can fly.
Build me a boat that can carry two,
And both shall row, my love and I.

Tag
And both shall row, my love and I.