Name: The Water is Wide
Duration: P00H04M52S
Description: Mary had many songs that she would list as being among her favorites… none were more loved by her than this one. We played this tune at Mary’s memorial. This song is for Mary.

The Water is Wide

from Songs... with Repercussions by Ronny Cox

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Mary had many songs that she would list as being among her favorites… none were more loved by her than this one. We played this tune at Mary’s memorial. This song is for Mary.

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The water is wide, I can't cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I

Oh love is gentle and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
but love grows old and waxes cold and fades away
like morning dew

There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love I'm in
I know not how I sink or swim

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er
And neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
And both shall row, my love and I

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from Songs... with Repercussions, released January 1, 2009
(Public Domain)

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