Lyrics The Water Is Wide - The Wolfe Tones

The Water Is Wide

The water is deep
I can’t swim o’er
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That will carry two
And boat shall row my love and I
There is a ship
And she sails the sea
She sails so deep
As deep can be
But not so deep
As the love I’m in
And I know not how
I’ll sail or swim
I leaned my back
Against an oak
Thinking it was
The strongest tree
But first it bended
And then it broke
And that’s the way
Love treated me
For love is handsome
And love is fine
Gay as a jewel
When first it’s new
But love grows old
And waxes cold
And fades away
Like morning jewels
The water is deep
I can’t swim o’er
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That will carry two
And boat shall row my love and I