G Bm
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
D7 C G
I wish I wish, I was a youth again
G Bm D
But a youth again I can never be
D C G
Till the apples grow on an ivy tree
G Bm
I left me father, I left me mother
D7 C G
I left all me sisters and brothers too
G Bm D
I left all me friends and me own religion
D C G
I left them all for to follow you.
G Bm
But the sweetest apple is the soonest rotten
D7 C G
And the hottest love is the soonest cold
G Bm D
And what can't be cured love has to be endured love
D C G
And now I am bound for America
G Bm
Oh love is pleasin' and love is teasin'
D7 C G
And love is a pleasure when first it's new
G Bm D
But as it grows older sure the love grows colder
D C G
And it fades away like the morning dew
G Bm
And love and porter makes a young man older
D7 C G
And love and whiskey makes him old and grey
G Bm D
And what can't be cured love has to be endured love
D C G
And now I am bound for America
