Roger McGuinn The Water Is Wide traditional The water is wide I can not cross over And neither have I wings to fly But build me a boat that can carry two And both shall roam my love and I A ship there is and she sails the sea Sailing as deep as deep can be But not so deep as the love I am in I know not how I sink or swim I leaned my back against some young oak Thinking that he was a trusty tree But first he bent and then he broke And thus did my false love and me From the "Roger McGuinn" LP Columbia Records 1973 From the "Roger McGuinn" LP Columbia Records 1973