The Water Is Wide 
The water is wide I cant cross over Nor do I have light wings to fly Build me a boat that will carry two And both shall row my love and I 
A ship there is 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 
BREAK 
I leaned my back up against an 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 a bush The sweetest flower there to find I pricked my finger to the bone And left the sweetest flower alone 
Key change 
Oh love is handsome and love is fine It's like a gem when first it's new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like the morning dew and faes away like the morning dew (Slow down Last line)  

Irish Song Lyrics 
from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk