Water is Wide

Lyrics traditional. Arranged by the Gothard Sisters.
Recorded on the Compass album in 2013.

The water is wide, I cannot 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

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
I know not if I’ll sink or swim

Oh love is handsome, and love is fine
the sweetest jewel when first it’s new
but love grows old and waxes cold
and fades away like morning dew

Must I go bound, while you go free
Must I love a man who does not love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a man who’ll break my heart

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
And both shall row, my love and I