Marie Marshall

New words to an old folk tune.
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   Oh love is pleasin’ and love is teasin’
Love is a treasure when first it’s new,
But as it grows older so love grows colder
And fades away like the morning dew.

When I was much younger I had a hunger
To drink my life from a lovin’ bowl.
My world is now stranger, I see the danger
To all who hazard their heart and soul.
I left my dear father, I left my mother,
I left my birthplace and childhood home.
I kept both my eyes on some grey horizon,
And far away let my footsteps roam.

   Oh love is pleasin’ and love is teasin’
Love is a treasure when first it’s new,
But as it grows older so love grows colder
And fades away like the morning dew.

Recallin’ a maiden – my memory’s fadin’ –
I broke my vow that we’d never part.
She begged me to stay but I roved away,
And more than my vow, broke a faithful heart.
Recallin’ a lady in woodland shady,
Stealin’ a kiss while she lay asleep;
I was but a dream though, not what I seemed,
And left her cruelly to mourn and weep.

   Oh love is pleasin’ and love is teasin’
Love is a treasure when first it’s new,
But as it grows older so love grows colder
And fades away like the morning dew

So pull back the covers, reveal my lovers,
Show me my fruitless and wasted life,
Show me the heartache and bitter heart-break,
Many  a promise but never a wife!
Wherever the wind blows, through open windows,
I pass away like a dyin’ song;
But don’t you be grievin’ because I’m leavin’,
That’s been my way my whole life long.

   Oh love is pleasin’ and love is teasin’
Love is a treasure when first it’s new,
But as it grows older so love grows colder
And fades away like the morning dew.

© Marie Marshall 2010