The Water is Wide

Song Description

One of the best-known folk songs, this is an anglicised version of an old Scottish love ballad.

Song Length 2:54 Genre Folk - Traditional

Lyrics

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 and she sails the sea.
She's loaded deep, as deep can be.
But not so deep as the love I'm in.
I know not how I sink or swim.

Oh love is handsome and love is fine,
The sweetest flower when first it's new.
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like summer dew.

Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I,
And both shall row, my love and I.

Lyrics Traditional Music Traditional, arr. Dussein/Graham
Producer Jos Nijs 2014 Performance Genny Dussein (vocal), Ian Graham (guitar)

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