The water is wide; I can't get over
Neither have I the wings to fly 
So go and get me to a boat 
To carry both my love and I. 

Must I be bound, and she go free
I to love while she don't love me?
Why should I act a childish part, 
And love a girl that breaks my heart?

There is a ship out on the sea 
And loaded deep as it can be
But not as deep as love am I, 
Don't care if I should live or die.

The water is wide; I can't get over 
Neither have I the wings to fly 
So go and get me to a boat 
To carry both my love and I. 

To carry both my love and I.