The Water is wide
I can't cross o'er
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and I

There is a river (I see the river)
Runs to the sea (She's running free)
Its channels deep
As deep can be
But not so deep
As this love I'm in
I know not how
I sink or swim

Oh, love is handsome
And love is fine
The sweetest flower
When first it's new
But love grows old (It will grow old)
And waxes cold (But need not grow cold)
Then fades away
Like summer dew