The water is wide; I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So go and get me to a boat
To carry both my love and I.
Must I be bound, and she go free
Am I to love while she don't love me?
Why should I act a childish part,
And love a girl that breaks my heart?
There is a ship out on the sea
And loaded deep as it can be
But not as deep as love am I,
Don't care if I should live or die.
The water is wide; I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly
So go and get me to a boat
To carry both my love and I.
To carry both my love and I.