Rory Block - High Heeled Blues

The Water Is Wide

The water is wide, I can't cross o'er
Nor do I have light wings to fly
Build me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row my love and I
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
And I know not how I sink or swim

I leaned my back up against an oak
Thinking he was a trusty tree
But first he bended, and then he broke
And thus did my false love to me

I put my hand into a bush
The sweetest flower there to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
And left the sweetest flower alone

Oh, love is handsome and love is fine
It's like a gem when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew



Credits
Writer(s): Traditional, Shizuru Ootaka
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Walkin' Blues
  2. Travelin' Blues
  3. Got to Have You Be My Man
  4. Devil Got My Man
  5. Down in the Dumps
  6. The Water Is Wide
  7. Since You Been Gone
  8. Crossroad Blues
  9. Achin' Heart
  10. Hilarity Rag

All Album Tracks: High Heeled Blues >

Altri album

  1. Positively 4th Street
  2. Everything Is Broken - Single
  3. Ring Them Bells - Single
  4. Ain't Nobody Worried
  5. Cried Like A Baby
  6. Prove It On Me
  7. Wayward Girl Blues
  8. Wayward Girl Blues - Single
  9. In My Girlish Days
  10. Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl

All Albums of Rory Block >

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