Love is Teasing- Corrie Trio/Paddy Bell (Edin) 1963
[From recording SLP 530. Probably arranged by Bill Smith from collecting trip to Irish Fleadh Ceol in Gorey ('62). Smith worked with Dubliners individually until they officially formed in 1962. Corrie Trio and Paddy Bell were regulars on a network Hootenany Show on BBC. An online bio follows.
The Love is Teasing stanza surrounds two Died For Love stanzas. Sung from the male perspective.
R. Matteson 2017]
The Corrie Folk Trio was founded by architects, Bill Smith and Ron Cruikshank (other sources have erroneously reported Ron Cockburn), after returning from a song collecting trip in Ireland. The duo were joined by a banjo player named Andy Turner and formed the group, "The Corrie Voices". Andy Turner dropped out of the group and eventually Roy Williamson and Paddie Bell were recruited. Ron Cruikshank fell ill prior to the group scheduled performance as the Edinburgh Festival, and Ronnie Browne was asked to joined. In 1964, the Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell (CFT & PB) became the resident folk group on the BBC's "the Hoot'nanny Show". In 1965, Paddie Bell left group to have her child and later pursued a solo. The group continue for another year until Bill Smith left in January 1966.
"Love is Teasing" - sung by Corrie Trio and Paddie Bell, recorded in 1963.
O love is teasin' and love is pleasin'
Love is a treasure when first it's new;
And as it grow older so love grows colder,
It fades away like the morning dew.
I wish, oh I wish but it's all in vain
I wish I were a lad again,
But a lad again I shall never be,
Till apples grow on an orange tree.
O love is teasin' and love is pleasin'
Love is a treasure when first it's new;
And as it grow older so love grows colder,
It fades away like the morning dew.
I wish oh I wish that my babe were born,
And lying o'er on his mother's knee
And I poor lad I were dead and gone,
With grasses green growing over me
O love is teasin' and love is pleasin'
Love is a treasure when first it's new;
And as it grow older so love grows colder,
It fades away like the morning dew.