I sing in a chorus at my retirement community and we are including The Water is Wide in our next concert. It is a very strange version. It uses almost all traditional words, but has twisted the meaning of the song to be about friendship, rather than lost love. Here it is:

The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er
But neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, both I and you

I leaned my back up against an oak
Knowing it was a trusty tree
It did not bow nor did not bend
Such is the bond of friend to friend

For friends are gentle and friends are kind
Forever loyal, eternally true
Bright as a rose in the morning dew
Sturdy as a boat that can carry two
And we shall row, both I and you

Arranged, with adapted words, by Andy Beck