Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Water Is Wide, artist - Pete Seeger. Date of issue: 01.12.2013
Song language: English
The Water Is Wide |
| The water is wide, I cannot 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 |
| A ship there was, and she sails the sea |
| She’s loaded deep as deep can be |
| But not so deep as the love I’m in |
| And I know not how, I sink or swim |
| I leaned my back up against some young oak |
| Thinking he was a trusty tree |
| But first he bended and then he broke |
| And thus did my false love to me |
| I put my hand into some soft bush |
| Thinking the sweetest flower to find |
| I pricked my finger to the bone |
| And left the sweetest flower alone |
| Oh, love is handsome, love is fine |
| Gay as a jewel, when first it is new |
| But love grows old, and waxes cold |
| And fades away, like summer dew |
| The seagulls wheel, they turn and dive |
| The mountain stands beside the sea |
| This world we know turns round and round |
| And all for them — and you and me |