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