when i was one and twenty - henry balfour gardiner lyrics

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