| The water is wide and I can't cross over | |
| Neither have I wings to fly | |
| Build me a boat that can carry two | |
| And both shall row my love and I | |
| Oh love is gentle, love is kind | |
| Gay as a jewel when first it's new | |
| But love grows old and waxes cold | |
| And fades away like morning dew | |
| There is a ship and it sails on the sea | |
| Loaded deep as deep can be | |
| But not as deep as the love I'm in | |
| I know not if I sink or swim | |
| The water is wide and I can't cross over | |
| Neither have I wings to fly | |
| Build me a boat that can carry two | |
| And both shall row my love and I | |
| And both shall row my love and I |