The Water Is Wide
Ton : GEnglish
Couplet
GThe water is deep, I Emcan't Gswim o'er
And neither Emhave I Amwings Dto fly
Build me a Gboat that can carry Emtwo
And both shall Grow, my Clove Gand I
Couplet
There is a ship that sails the sea
She sails so deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I'll sink or swim
Couplet
I leant my back against an oak
Thinking it was the strongest tree
But first it bent and then it broke
And that's the way love treated me
Couplet
Oh love is handsome oh love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But as love grows old then twice as cold
Then fades away like morning dew.