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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&nbsp; water&nbsp; &nbsp;is&nbsp; &nbsp;wide,&nbsp; I&nbsp; cannot&nbsp; get&nbsp; &nbsp;o'er</p>
<p>4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-3&nbsp; &nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp;4&nbsp; &nbsp; -4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5&nbsp; &nbsp; -5 5&nbsp; &nbsp;-4 ------&gt;</p>
<p>Neither&nbsp; do&nbsp; I&nbsp; have wings&nbsp; &nbsp;to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;fly</p>
<p>&nbsp; -4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5&nbsp; -5&nbsp; 6 ---&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp;-5&nbsp; &nbsp;5&nbsp; &nbsp; -4 4&nbsp; &nbsp; 5-----&gt;</p>
<p>Give me a boat&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that can carry two</p>
<p>-4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;4&nbsp; &nbsp; -3"&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;3&nbsp; &nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-3"4&nbsp; -4 4</p>
<p>and both shall row, my&nbsp; love&nbsp; &nbsp;and I.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</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&nbsp; dew.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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>
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