"Ferry me across the water, Do, boatman, do." "If you've a penny in your purse I'll ferry you." "I have a penny in my purse, And my eyes are blue; So ferry me across the water, Do, boatman, do." "Step into my ferry-boat, Be they black or blue, And for the penny in your purse I'll ferry you." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WAR SONG TO ENGLISHMEN by WILLIAM BLAKE THE VIRGIN MARY TO THE CHILD JESUS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING AN ELEGY UPON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by THOMAS CAREW BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 54 by PHILIP SIDNEY THE REFORMER by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |