| 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 the 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 |