The water is wide, I can't cross o'er And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I There is a ship that 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 I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree But first it bent and then it broke So did my love so false to me The water is wide, I can't get o'er And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I The water is wide, I can't get o'er And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I