O love is teasing and love is pleasing And love's a pleasure when first it is new But as love grows older it still grows colder And fades away like the morning dew
Come all you fair maids, now take a warning Don't ever heed what a young man say He's like a star on some foggy morning You think he's near he's far away
I left my father, I left my mother I left my brothers and sisters too. I left my home and my fond relations, Oh my young man, for the sake of you
O love is pleasing and love is teasing And love's a pleasure when first it is new But as love grows older, it soon grows colder And fades away like the morning dew