(Chorus
Oh [G] love is teasing and love is [D] pleasing
love is a pleasure when first its [G] new
but as love grows older, sure love grows [D] colder
until it fades away like the morning [G] dew)

I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I was a maid again
but a maid again I ne'er can be
till apples grow on an ivy tree

(chorus)

but the sweetest apple is the soonest rotten
and the hottest love is the soonest cold
but what can't be cured, love, has to be endured, love
so now I am bound for Amerikay

(Chorus)

I capo this on the 2nd fretk, so it's really in A

abc music notation

X:1
T: Love is Pleasing
Q: "Slowly" 1/4=80
C:Nate Berry, Traditional
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
|:gfgG3|B2df2e|d2cA3|
d^cdf3|e2dcBA|[1 B3z3:|[2 G3z3|]