The Water is Wide (C diatonic)
by Trad. English Folksong
- Type:
- Diatonic
- Key:
- C
- Level:
- Beginner
- Posted by:
- quaintstevens
3 4 4 -4 4 5 -4 4 -3" 3
<p>The water is wide, I cannot get o'er</p>
<p>4 -3 4 4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 ------></p>
<p>Neither do I have wings to fly</p>
<p> -4 5 -5 6 ---> -5 5 -4 4 5-----></p>
<p>Give me a boat that can carry two</p>
<p>-4 4 -3" 3 3 -3"4 -4 4</p>
<p>and both shall row, my love and I.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>O love is gentle, and love is kind,</p>
<p>Love is sweet, when first it's new</p>
<p>But such love grows old as wax grows cold</p>
<p>It fades away, like morning dew.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>There is a ship that sails the sea</p>
<p>She's loaded deep, as deep as can be</p>
<p>But now as deep as the love I'm in</p>
<p>I don't know how I'll sink or swim.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>But the water is wide, and I can't cross ov'r</p>
<p>Neither do I have wings to fly</p>
<p>Give me a boat that can carry two</p>
<p>and both shall row, my love and I.</p>