The Water is Wide

Verse

The water is wide, I can't cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I.

Well love is gentle, and love is kind

The sweetest flower when first it's new

But love grows old and waxes cold

And fades away, like mornin' dew.

Instrumental

There is a ship, and she sails the sea

She's loaded deep as deep can be

But not as deep as the love I'm in

I know not how, I sink or swim.

Verse

The water is wide, I can't cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I.

Well love is gentle, and love is kind

The sweetest flower when first it's new

But love grows old and waxes cold

And fades away, like mornin' dew.

Melody

(no timing implied)

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The water is_ wide, I can't cross over and neither have I wings to fly

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Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall row my love and I

(Traditional song, performed by Karla Bonoff and James Taylor on

'Restless Nights' album, Karla Bonoff)