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