Love Is Pleasin'

Oh, love is teasin' and love is pleasin'

And love's a treasure when first it's new

But as love grows older, at length grows colder

And fades away like the mornin' dew

I left my mother and I left my father

I left my brothers and my sisters too

I left my home and my fond relations

I left them all for the love of you

Now if I'd known before I caught on

That love had been so hard to hold

I'd have locked my heart in a box of silver

And bound it fast with a key of gold

Oh, love is teasin' and love is pleasin'

And love's a treasure when first it's new

But as love grows older, so love grows colder

And fades away like the mornin' dew