The water is wide I cannot get o'er   And neither have I wings to fly   Give me a boat that will carry two   And both shall row my love and I      O down in the meadows the other day   A-gathering flowers both fine and gay   A-gathering flowers both red and blue   I little thought what love can do      I leaned my back up against some oak   Thinking that he was a trusty tree   But first he bended and then he broke   And so did my false love to me      A ship there is 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 if I sink or swim      O love is handsome and love is fine   And love's a jewel while it is new   But when it is old it growth cold   And fades away like morning dew