Rosalie Sorrels wrote a song called APPLES AND PEARS and recorded it on "What Does It Mean to Love?" (Green Linnet, 1994).

These words were contained in a sample at Allmusic.com:


I will bring you apples and I will bring you pears.
I will hunt and find you in your dark and secret lairs,
And you may climb up to the top of my golden stairs,
And I'll....


[but I guess that's not an "old Irish song" either.]