Oneandtwenty housman cjmb
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 bosom Was never given in vain. Tis paid with sighs aplenty And sold for endless rue. And I am two and twenty,
And, oh, tis true, tis true. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
