The Water Is Wide Lyrics - Charlotte Church

The water is wide, I can not get 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. 

Their love is plentive... o'er there it grows 

It grows and blossoms like a rose 

It has a sweet and pleasant smell 

No flower on earth can it excel. 

The 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. 

Oh, love is handsome and love is fine 

And loves a jewel when it is new 

But rain it above it grows so cold 

And fades away like morning dew.