The water is wide, I can’t get over; Neither have I, the wings to fly.
So, go one get me to a boat to carry both, My love and I. Must I be bound And she go free? Am I to love, While she don’t love me? Why should I act the childish part, And love a girl that breaks my heart?
There is a ship Out on the sea; And loaded deep, As it can be. But not as deep As love am I, Don’t care if I Should live or die.
The water is wide, I can’t get over. Neither have I, the wings to fly.
So, go one get me to a boat to carry both, My love and I.