The Water Is Wide (O Waly, Waly)
The water is wide, I cannot get o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that will carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
O, down in the meadows the other day
A-gathering flowers both fine and gay
A-gathering flowers, both red and blue
I little thought what love can do
I put my hand into one soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flowers to find
I pricked my finger right to the bone
And left the sweetest flower behind
I leaned my back against some oak
Thinking that he was a trusty tree
But first he bended and then he broke
And so did my false love to me
A ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as in love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
O, love is handsome and love is fine
And love's a jewel when first it's new
But when it is old, it groweth cold
And fades away like the morning dew
And fades away like the morning dew
