1. The water is wide, I can't cross o'er, nor do I have light wings to fly.

2. A ship there is, and sails the sea, she's loaded deep, as deep can be,

3. When love is young, and love is fine, it's like a gem when first it's new.

1. Build me a boat that can carry two, and both shall row, my love and I.

2. But not so deep as the love I'm in, and I know not how I sink or swim.

3. But love grows old and waxes cold, and fades away like the morning dew.