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The Youth of the Heart
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Swann:
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When I was a young man, I hadn't a penny,
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"When shall we marry?", my Molly would say.
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But I was a wise man and said to my darling,
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"Love that is true love will not fade away".
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Oh, the young of the heart,
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And the dew in the mornin'.
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You wake, and they've left you,
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Without any warnin'.
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I went to America looking for money,
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I worked all the day and I slept all alone.
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The sweet silver dollars I saved for my darling,
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To clothe her in satin and make her my own.
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Oh, the young of the heart,
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And the dew in the mornin'.
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You wake, and they've left you,
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Without any warnin'.
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I came back to Ireland, my pockets a-jingle,
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And the wedding bells rang as I came down the street.
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"Oh, where is the colleen I've come back to marry?",
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I asked the first neighbour I happened to meet.
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Oh, the young of the heart,
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And the dew in the mornin'.
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You wake, and they've left you,
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Without any warnin'.
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"Your love has grown weary of keeping her kisses,
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And learning a song that will never be sung.
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This morning, your Molly has married another,
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A penniless man with a heart that is young".
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Oh, the young of the heart,
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And the dew in the mornin'.
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You wake, and they've left you,
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Without any warnin'.
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So all you young lovers all ready to marry,
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Remember my story and mind what I say.
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For I was a wise man, and now I am sorry,
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The wisdom of winter is madness in May.
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Oh, the young of the heart,
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And the dew in the mornin'.
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You wake, and they've left you,
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Without any warnin'.
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