Lyrics

The water is wide I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So, go and give me to a boat
To carry both my love and I

Should I be bound and you go free?
Am I to love while you don't love me?
Why should I act the childish part?
When loving you just breaks my heart

The water is wide I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So, go and give me to a boat
To carry both my love and I

There is a ship out on the sea
And loaded deep as it can be
But not as deep as love am I
Don't care if I should live or die

The water is wide I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So, go and give me to a boat
To carry both my love and I

Well, love is fair and love is kind
A summer flower when it is mine
So does it wane as does the moon
And fades away like morning dew

The water is wide I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So, go and give me to a boat
To carry both my love and I
To carry both my love and I