Water Is Wide sung by Almeda Riddle (Granny Riddle's Songs and Ballads) Now the water's wide and I can't cross over Neither have I the wings to fly But give me a boat that will carry two And we both will row, my love and I I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree But first it bent, then it broke So has my false true love for me O the water's wide and I can't cross over And neither do I have the wings to fly But give me a boat that will carry two And we both will row, my love and I I put my hand into a bush Thinking the fairest flower to find But I pricked my finger to the bone And I left the fairest flower behind O the water's wide and I can't cross over And neither do I have the wings to fly But give me a boat that will carry two And we both will row, my love and I Now there's a ship that sails the sea She's laden down as a ship can be But not more..... than the love I'm in And I don't know if I'll sink or swim O the water's wide and I can't cross over And neither do I have the wings to fly But give me a boat that will carry two And we both will row, my love and I
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