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When I Was One-and-Twenty
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."
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"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free."
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