The water is wide, I can't cross o'er And neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I. Oh 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 and she sails the sea She's loaded deep as deep.

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Mar 28,  · Pat Conroy (–) was the author of The Boo, The Water Is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life, My Losing Season, South of Broad, My Reading Life, and The Death of Santini/5(92).

The water is wide I can't cross o'er And I'ver have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is 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 if I sink or swim But not so deep as the love I'm in I know not if I sink or swim [Bagpipe solo].

The Water is Wide deserves five stars or more! I just loved the way Pat Conroy changed his ways when it came to his feelings about black people and especially the children of the island. He was raised during the times when racial prejudice was the norm among his childhood friends and families in the backlocaredipraperliehalpreclare.infoinfo by:

The Water Is Wide Lyrics: The water is wide, I cannot cross over / And neither have I wings to fly / Give me a boat that can carry two / And both shall row, my love and I / A ship there was, and.

The water is wide and I can't cross over Neither have I wings that I could fly Build me a boat that can carry two And both shall row my love and I. There is a ship and it sails on the sea Loaded deep as deep can be But not as deep as the love I'm in I know not if I sink or swim. I leaned my back up against an oak Thinkin' it was a trusty tree.

Jan 29,  · Directed by John Kent Harrison. With Jeff Hephner, Frank Langella, Julianne Nicholson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson. Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious, idealistic teacher, accepts Bennington county SC's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind 7/10().

Set in , The Water Is Wide stars Jeff Hephner as Conroy, an idealistic young teacher whose first assignment is at a run-down school located on Yamacraw Island in South backlocaredipraperliehalpreclare.infoinfoe Company: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.