Love It Is Easing- Lucy Jane Lee (Wilt) 1916 Williams
[Wiltshire County MS collection No Wt 496, undated, before 1914; also available at the Full English Digital Archive: AW/4/193).
R. Matteson 2017]
"Love It Is Easing" - sung by Mrs. Lucy Jane Lee, of South Marston, Wiltshire, no date given but published in 1916 by collector Alfred Williams.
When I was young and well beloved,
‘Twas by a man of this country,
He courted me both late and early,
While he gained his free will of me.
[Chorus]: Oh, love it is easing, and love it is teasing,
Love is a pleasure while it is new;
But when it grows older it still grows colder,
And fades away like the morning dew.
I never thought he was going to leave me,
Until one day as he came in;
He threw himself down and began to tell me,
And then my troubles they did begin.
I left my father, I left my mother,
I left my brothers and sisters too;
I left my home and my relations,
I left them all for the sake of you.
Adieu, adieu, to all false lovers,
Adieu, adieu unto my dear;
You’re like a star on a winter’s morning,
You’re far away when you ought to be near.