Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Water Is Wide, artist - Rory Block. Date of issue: 31.12.1986
Song language: English
The Water Is Wide |
| The water is wide, I can’t cross o’er |
| Nor do I have light wings to fly |
| Build me a boat that can carry two |
| And both shall row my love and I |
| A ship there is 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 an 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 a bush |
| The sweetest flower there to find |
| I pricked my finger to the bone |
| And left the sweetest flower alone |
| Oh, love is handsome and love is fine |
| It’s like a gem when first it’s new |
| But love grows old and waxes cold |
| And fades away like the morning dew |