The Water is Wide (traditional) arranged by Whelan/Parsons/Brett (BLACKBIRDS & THRUSHES)
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The water is wide, I can't swim o'er
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and neither have I wings to fly
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Build me a boat that can carry two
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and both shall row, my love and I
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There is a ship and she sails the sea
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she sails so deep as deep can be
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but not so deep as the love I'm in
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I know not how to sink or swim
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I leaned my back against an oak
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thinking it was the strongest tree
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but first it bent and then it broke
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and that's the way love treated me
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for love is handsome and love is fine
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and love's a jewel when first it's new
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but love grows old and waxes cold
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and fades away like morning dew
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when salt sea turns far inland
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and mussels grow on every tree
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when cockle shells make Christmas bells
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then would I lose my love for thee
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The water is wide, I can't swim o'er
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and neither have I wings to fly
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build me a boat that can carry two
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and both shall row, my love and I
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and both shall row, my love and I
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the water is wide
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