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 kind The sweetest flower when first it's new But love grows and waves cold And fades away like morning dew Oh… Oh…. Oh… (Can't cross this water, my true love and I) (No wings to fly) (No wings to fly) The water is wide, I can't cross over And neither have I wings to fly (to fly) Build me a boat that can carry two (boat) And both shall row (row) My love and I (my love and I) And both shall row (and both shall row) My love and I (my love and I)