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James Taylor – The Water Is Wide lyrics
The water is wide
I can't cross over
And neither have
I wings to fly
Build me a boat
That can carry two
And both shall row
My love and I

There is a ship
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 how
I sink or swim

Oh love is handsome
And love is fine
The sweetest flower
When first it's new
But love grows old
And waxes cold
And fades away
Like summer dew

Build 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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Songwriters: JAMES TAYLOR
The Water Is Wide lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CARMINE STREET PUBLISHING, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Red Brick Music Publishing, Royalty Network, Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group

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    God AI ruins everything. James Taylor did not compose this 17th century Scottish folk song!! How hard is that to know? Now welll have fans out there thinking it’s a 20th century tune instead of a ballad created and transformed countless times by the tradition of folk song ways everywhere.
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    [Intro][Verse][Pre-Chorus][Chorus][Hook][Bridge][Outro]