広い河の岸辺
「ザ・ウォーター・イズ・ワイド」の歌詞として広まっているもののいくつかは、『Folk Songs For Solo Singers』に収録されているが、ほかにも数多くのバージョンが、印刷出版され、歌われている。
The water is wide, I cannot get o'er.
And neither have I the 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 seas.
She's loaded deep, as deep can be;
But not as deep as the love I'm in
And I know not if I sink or swim.
I leaned my back up against a young oak
Thinking he was a trusty tree
But first he bend and then he broke