Such a beautiful song..

Came across this song by chance.
It's thought to have it's roots in a old Scottish folk song/hymm.
There are many versions of the lyrics n renditions by different singers..mayb u guys have heard before?

This is the most common version of lyrics....

The water is wide
I can't cross over
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and I


Oh love is gentle
And love is kind
The sweetest flower
When first it's new
But love grows old
And waxes cold
And fades away
Like morning dew



There is a ship
And she sails the sea
She's loaded deep
As deep can be
But not as deep
As the love I'm in
I know not how
I sink or swim


The water is wide
I can't cross over
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and I


And both shall row
My love and I

But I really prefer this set of lyrics instead...cos its longer..aha..

The water is wide

And I cannot get o'er;

Nor yet have I

The wings to fly;

Bring me a boat

That can carry two

And both shall row -

My love and I.



Down in the meadow

The other day,

Gathering flowers

Both bright and gay,

Gathering flowers,

Both red and blue,

I little thought

What love can do.



I leaned my back

Against an oak,

Thinking it was

A trusty tree,

But first it bent

And then it broke,

Just like my own

False loving be.



Oh love is gentle

And love is kind,

Bright as a jewell

When first it's new,

But love grows old

And waxes cold

And fades away

Like the morning dew.



There is a ship

And it sails the sea;

It's loaded deep

As deep can be,

But not so deep

As this love I'm in.

I know not if

I sink or swim.



The water is wide

And I cannot get o'er,

Nor yet have I

The wings to fly;

Bring me a boat

That can carry two

And both shall row -

My love and I.

P.S. Aren't the lyrics and melody beautiful?