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.
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
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Info | ||
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| 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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