First version
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 a plenty
And sold for endless rue.’
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true.
second version
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
‘keep yourself away from assholes.’
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me. I don't know who are assholes.
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
‘The heart out of the bosom to an asshole
will always be given in vain;
’Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.’
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true. I finally seen for myself its true.
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