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
  
  There is a ship
  And she sails the sea
  She's loaded deep
  As deep can be
  But not so deep
  As the love I'm in
  I know not how
  I sink or swim
  
  Oh love is handsome
  And love is fine
  The sweetest flower
  When first it's new
  But love grows old
  And waxes cold
  And fades away
  Like Summer dew
  
  Build me a boat
  That can carry two
  And both shall row
  My love and I
  And both shall row
  My love and I