The water is wide (Pete Seeger) La mer est immense (Graeme Allwright)

C F C La mer est immense je n'peux traverser Am Dm G Je n'ai pas d'ailes pour la survoler Em Am Préparez-moi un bateau pour deux F C F C Nous ramerons mon amour et moi

C F C Navire je vois, qui fend les flots Am Dm G Chargé ras bord, et je ne sais Em Am Si cet amour que j'ai en moi F C F C Dans les abîmes m'entraînera

C F C Contre un jeune chêne, je me suis appuyé Am Dm G Pensant qu'il pouvait résister Em Am Mais hélas il a plié F C F C Comme mon amour il s'est brisé

C F C Dans un buisson j'ai posé ma main Am Dm G Croyant tendre fleur y trouver Em Am Mes doigts aux épines j'ai blessé F C F C La tendre fleur fait tomber

C F C L'amour est joie, l'amour est beauté Am Dm G Ainsi les fleurs en leur matin Em Am Mais l'amour passe et disparaît F C F C Comme de la fleur, rosée d'été.

C F C The water is wide, I cannot cross over, Am Dm G And neither have I wings to fly, Em Am Give me a boat that can carry two, F C F C And both shall row - my love and I. C F C A ship there was, and she sails the sea, Am Dm G She's loaded deep as deep can be, Em Am But not so deep as the love I'm in, F C F C And I know not how, I sink or swim. C F C I leaned my back up against some young oak, Am Dm G Thinking he was a trusty tree, Em Am But first he bended and then he broke, F C F C And thus did my false love to me. C F C I put my hand into some soft bush, Am Dm G Thinking the sweetest flower to find. Em Am I pricked my finger to the bone, F C F C And left the sweetest flower alone. C F C Oh, love is handsome, love is fine, Am Dm G Gay as a jewel, when first it is new, Em Am But love grows old, and waxes cold, F C F C And fades away, like summer dew. C F C The seagulls wheel, they turn and dive, Am Dm G The mountain stands beside the sea. Em Am This world we know turns round and round, F C F C And all for them - and you and me.