The water is wide, I cannot cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that will carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
A ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
O down in the meadows the other day
A-gathering flowers both rich and gay,
A-gathering flowers both red and blue,
I little thought what love could do
I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
So did my love prove false to me
I put my hand into some soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I p****ed my finger right to the bone
And I left the sweetest flower behind
Our love is handsome, love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But when it's old it grows quite cold
And it fades away like the morning dew
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that will carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
A ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
O down in the meadows the other day
A-gathering flowers both rich and gay,
A-gathering flowers both red and blue,
I little thought what love could do
I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
So did my love prove false to me
I put my hand into some soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I p****ed my finger right to the bone
And I left the sweetest flower behind
Our love is handsome, love is kind
Gay as a jewel when first it's new
But when it's old it grows quite cold
And it fades away like the morning dew