The version in the DT is THIS.

Here's a Tyneside version.

THE WATER OF TYNE

I cannot get to my love, if I should dee,
The water of Tyne runs between him and me;
And here I must stand, with the tear in my e'e,
Both sighing and sickly, my sweetheart to see.

O where is the boatman? my bonny honey!
O where is the boatman? bring him to me--
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey,
And I will remember the boatman and thee.

O bring me a boatman--I'll give any money
(And you for your trouble rewarded shall be),
To ferry me over the Tyne to my honey,
Or scull him across that rough river to me.

(UNKNOWN. Bell's "Northern Bards," 1812)

From: Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs (1862 etc.; reprinted Frank Graham, 1972, p. 31; no music) [The title is in the singular.]

~Masato