When I was one and twenty
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When I was one and twenty
I lov'd a pretty face,
And if a hundred smiled on me
I took my luck with grace.
Whate'er they bade, I swore it,
By all the gods above,
For I was one and twenty
And over heels in love.
Oh then I feared no window,
Nor heeded any door,
I always had one girl to love
And might have loved a score.
And when a graybeard glowered,
And tried my heart to. move,
"A fig!" I said, "old Wrinkled-head,
You've never been, in love!"
So if ye'd fain keep jolly,
And if ye'd all be young
With nothing bitter in your heart,
Or acid on your tongue;
Just fall in love as I did,
Just do as I have done,
And though you live to fifty,
You're always twenty-one.
Input by Harry Joelson
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Date added to the website: 2008-02-27.
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