For 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 I wish, I wish, oh I wish in vain I wish I was a youth again But a youth again I can never be 'Til apples grow on an ivy tree For 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 I left my father, I left my mother I left all my sisters and brothers too I left all my friends and my own religion I left them all for to follow you For 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 ♪ For love and porter makes a young man older And love and whiskey makes him old and grey And what can't be cured love must be endured love And now I am bound for Americay For 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 And it fades away like the morning dew