The Water Is Wide - John Hartford, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell

The water is wide, I cannot cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

A ship there was, and she sails the sea

She’s loaded deep as deep can be

But not so deep as the love I’m in

And I know not how, I sink or swim

I leaned my back up against some young oak

Thinking he was a trusty tree

But first he bended and then he broke

And thus did my false love to me

I put my hand into some soft bush

Thinking the sweetest flower to find

I pricked my finger to the bone

And left the sweetest flower alone

Oh, love is handsome, love is fine

Gay as a jewel, when first it is new

But love grows old, and waxes cold

And fades away, like summer dew

The seagulls wheel, they turn and dive

The mountain stands beside the sea

This world we know turns round and round

And all for them — and you and me