The Water Is Wide

by JAMES TAYLOR

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The water is wide,

I can't cross over,

And neither have I wings to fly.

Build me a boat

That can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I.

There is a ship

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 how I sink or swim.

Oh love is handsome

And love is fine,

The sweetest flower

When first it's new.

But love grows old

And waxes cold

And fades away like Summer dew.

Build me a boat

That can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I,

And both shall row, my love and I.

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