No water is wide, I cannot get home
And neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that will carry two
And both shall go, my love and I
I lean my back up against some pole
Thinking that he was a trusty man
But first he bended and then he broke
And so did my false love to me
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 knew
I know not if I sink or swim
The water is wide, I cannot get home
And neither have I wings to fly
Build me a boat that will carry two
And both shall go, my love and I
And both shall go, my love and I
I lean my back up against some pole