The Water is Wide" is a traditional folk song. The girls have been

performing it now and then for years and years. I've been lucky

enough to see Mary-Chapin Carpenter add a beautiful third part to the

harmony on a few occasions.



The Water is Wide.



The water is wide, I can't cross o'er

And neither I have wings to fly

Give me a boat that can carry two

And both shall row - my love and I



Now 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



There is a ship, 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



The water is wide, I can't cross o'er

And neither I have 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