Songtext von The Water Is Wide

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er And neither I, the wings to fly Build me a boat that can carry two And we shall row, my love and I There is a ship that sails the sea She's loaded deep as deep can be But not as deep as the love I miss And I know not if I'll sink or swim. Now love is gentle and love is kind The sweetest flower, when first it blooms But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like the morning dew. I leaned my back against an oak Thinking it was a trusty tree But first it bent, and then it broke And so my false love did onto me