2007
When I Was One-and-Twenty
Composed by 
Bob Scher
Bob Scher Text by 
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman Five Songs from “A Shropshire Lad” Song Collection
"When I Was One-and-Twenty" is the second song of Bob Scher's Five Songs from "A Shropshire Lad". The song cycle sets the poetry of A. E. Housman.
Text
When I Was One-and-Twenty
by A. E. Housman
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.
Related Information
Bob Scher Official Website
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*”When I Was One-and-Twenty” (from “Five Songs from “A Shropshire Lad””)
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