Listen to The Water Is Wide by Karla Bonoff

The Water Is Wide

Karla Bonoff

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Karla Bonoff

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Pete Seeger

Songwriter

[traditional]

Composer

Karla Bonoff

Adapter

F. Hamilton

Adapter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Kenny Edwards

Producer

Greg Ladanyi

Recording Engineer

Jim Nipar

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

The water is wide, I can't cross over

And neither have I wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row, my love and I

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

The water is wide, I can't cross over

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

Written by: Frank Hamilton, Karla Bonoff, Pete Seeger, [traditional]