These lyrics were written last year and are sung using a trad tune..."Both sides the Tweed" Best wishes, Mike.

The water is deep and so wide,
I fear that I cannot cross o'er.
Nor have I the wings I might fly,
To be with my true love once more.
For Willie lives over the sea,
In the land of Van Diemen they say.
And I never will see my true love,
Until my dying day.

Found guilty they took him away,
On His Majestys ship the good "Sire".
Although he is so far from me,
Twill not kill this loves inner fire.
I'll go to that Van Diemens Land,
To find the true love I adore.
But I need of a handsome boatman,
To row me to that distant shore.

My true love shall see me again,
For there will I go to his side.
I will gather him close to my breast,
He will take me to be his own bride.
Though Van Diemens Land may be far,
As there it is so will I be.
I'll hold my true love again,
And he in his turn shall hold me.

Lyrics, Mike Hill (August 2004)
Tune, trad (Both Sides the Tweed)