Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Nesmith Michael
Canonical path: /nesmith-michael/one-and-twenty
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One and Twenty
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One and Twenty
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When I was one and twenty
I heard a wise man say
Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free
But I was one and twenty
No use to talk to me
When I was one and twenty
I heard him say again,
The heart out of the breast
was never given in vain
It's sold for sighs a-plenty
And paid with endless rue
Now I am two and twenty
And oh, 'tis true
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