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 breast was never given in vain It's sold for sighs a-plenty And paid with endless rue Now I am two and twenty And oh, 'tis true