Suzanne Clachair - The Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly) lyrics

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The water is wide, I cannot get over And neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row my love and I. I put my hand into some soft bush thinking the sweetest flower to find. I pricked my finger to the bone and left the sweetest flower alone. I leaned my back up against some oak Thinking that he was a trusty tree, But first he bended and then he broke, And so did my false love to me. 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 how to sink or swim. O love is handsome and love is fine, And love's a jewel while it is new. But love grows old and it waxes cold, and fades away like morning dew