Once saw a film clip of Pete Seeger singing this one aboard a sailing ship on the Hudson:The water is wide I cannot cross over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and IA ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love I'm in
And I know not how I sink or swimI leaned my back up against a young oak
Thinking she was a sturdy tree
But first she bended then she broke
Thus did my false love unto meI thrust my hand into a rose bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
And left the sweetest flower aloneOh love is handsome and love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dewGreat song - challenging harmony!
Jim
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