Song: Love Is Teasing

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Language
English
Comments
"Love Is Teasing" originated in the British Isles or Ireland. It represents a type of folk song which is usually concerned with love or love betrayed that contains "floater" verses, that is, verses that appear in many folk songs. "Love Is Teasing" appears to have been created out of an amalgamation of such floater verses. This verse, or something very similar to it, appear in all versions of the song collected under the name "Love Is Teasing":

Love is teasing, love is pleasing
And love is a pleasure when first it's new
But as love grows old, love grows cold
And fades away like morning dew.

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 O Love Is Teasin' Jean Ritchie 1952
2 Love Is Teasin' Jean Redpath 1963
3 Love Is Teasing Bert Jansch 1967
4 Love Is Teasing The Spinners [1] 1972
5 Love Is Teasing Shanna Beth McGee 1980
6 Love Is Teasing Peggy Seeger 2005
7 O Love Is Teasin' Isobel Campbell November 7, 2006

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