Love Is Pleasing

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I wish, I wish, I wish in vain I wish, I wish I was a youth again But a youth again I can never be Till apples grow on an ivy tree [Verse 2] I left-a me father, I left-a me mother I left all me sisters and brothers too I left all me friends and me own religion I left them all for to follow you [Verse 3] But the sweetest apple is the soonest rotten And the hottest love is the soonest cold And what can't be cured, love, has to be endured, love And now I am bound for Americay [Verse 4] Oh love is pleasin' and love is teasin' And love is a pleasure when first it's new But as it grows older, sure the love grows colder And it fades away like the morning dew [Verse 5] And love and porter makes a young man older And love and whiskey makes him old and grey And what can't be cured, love, has to be endured, love And now I am bound for Americay