The Water Is Wide

by Roger McGuinn

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The water is wide I can not cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall roam my love and I

A ship there is and she sails the sea

Sailing as deep as deep can be

But not so deep as the love I am in

I know not how I sink or swim

I leaned my back against some young oak

Thinking that he was a trusty tree

But first he bent and then he broke

And thus did my false love and me

The water is wide I can not cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Build me a boat that can carry two

And both shall roam my love and I

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