The Water is Wide
Fred Neil * Track #9 On Bleecker & MacDougal
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The Water is Wide by Fred Neil
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Fred NeilAbout
“The Water is Wide” is a heartbreak ballad of depths and distances, heard through the smoke and glass of Neil’s incomparable bass. Hymn-like in its simplicity, it became popular with folk players in the late-1950s and 1960s, but in Neil’s hands became a vehicle for something new—more an acid-psalm t...
The Water is Wide Lyrics
The water is wide
And I cannot cross over
Nor do I have wings to fly
Build me a boat
That could carry two
And both shall row
My love and I
There is a ship
And she sails the seas
She's burdened deep
As deep can be
But not as deep
As the love I'm in
And I know not if
I sink or swim
But love is gentle
And love is kind
As to a jewel
When first it's new
But love grows old
And it fades with time
And it fades away
Like morning dew
Build me a boat
That could carry two
And both shall row
My love and I
My love and I
My love and I