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The river is wide, I can't get o'er
Nor do I have like wings to fly
Give me
a boat that can carry two,
And both shall cross my love and I
Oh waly, waly, up the
bank
And waly, waly down the braes,
And waly, waly by yon burnside
Where me and my love
was wont to go
I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree,
But
first it bent and then it broke,
And so did my love prove false to me
I put my hand in
some soft bush
Thinking the sweetest flower to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
And
left the sweetest flower behind
Oh, love is handsome, love is kind
Gay as a jewel when
first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold,
And fades away like morning dew |
