Intro: verse 1: 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 verse 2: 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 verse 3: Down in the meadows the other day A-gathering flowers both rich and gay A-gathering flowers for the red and blue I little thought what love could do verse 4: I put my hand into one soft bush Thinking the sweetest flower to find I pricked my finger right to the bone And I left the sweetest flower behind VERSE 5: A love is handsome and love is kind Gay as a jewel when first it's new But when it's old and it grows quite cold And it fades away like the morning dew OUTRO:
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