Just for the record, the text in the DT is not an accurate transcription of the Ian Campbell Folk Group version. The Campbell recording is a solo rendition by Lorna Campbell. I am not absolutely sure when she is singing 'to' or 'tae', but I'll stand by the rest:

THE WATERS OF TYNE

I canna get tae my love, if I would dee,
The waters o' Tyne run between him and me;
And here I maun stand, wi' a tear in my e'e,
Baith sighin' and sickly, my sweetheart to see.

O where is the boatman, my bonny hinny
O where is the boatman, o bring him tae me
To ferry me o'er the Tyne to my honey,
And I will remember the boatman and thee

O bring me a boatman, I'll gi'e ony money
And you for your troubles rewarded shall be
To ferry me o'er the Tyne to my honey,
Or scull him across the rough river

Source: 'This Is The Ian Campbell Folk Group' reissued on Essential ESM CD-357.

The departures from Masato's linked lyrics, which appear to be acceptable to Toots are 6 words: 'canna', 'maun', 'wi'', 'baith', 'gi'e' and 'ony', and 3 of these are not in the DT version that was the basis of her/his curmudgeonly swipe at the DT. Perhaps Lorna Campbell was guilty of even greater regional desecration than Toots suspected.

--Stewie.