The water is wide I cannot cross over and neither have I wings to fly build me a boat that will carry two and both shall row my love and I There is a ship 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 how I sink or swim deep river my home is over jordan deep river lord I want to cross over into campground deep river my home is over jordan
mmm, deep river, lord I want to cross over into campground oh don't you want to go to that gospel feast that promised land where all is peace for deep river, lord I want to cross over into campground the water is wide I cannot cross over and neither have I wings to fly build me a boat that will carry two and both shall row and both shall row and both shall row my love and I