the water is wide i cannot 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 o love is handsomeand love is fine and love s a jewel while its first new but love grows old and white s so cold and fades away like morning dew there is a ship its sailing the sea it s loaded deep as deep can be but not so deep as my love for him i know not if i sink or swim the water is wide i cannot get o er and neither have i wings to fly give me a boat that will carry two and both shall row my love and i and both shall row my love and i