The Youth of the Heart Lyrics

Swann: When I was a young man, I hadn't a penny,
"When shall we marry?", my Molly would say.
But I was a wise man and said to my darling,
"Love that is true love will not fade away".
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Oh, the youth of the heart,
And the dew in the mornin'.
You wake, and they've left you,
Without any warnin'.

I went to America looking for money,
I worked all the day and I slept all alone.
The sweet silver dollars I saved for my darling,
To clothe her in satin and make her my own.
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I came back to Ireland, my pockets a-jingle,
And the wedding bells rang as I came down the street.
"Oh, where is the colleen I've come back to marry?",
I asked the first neighbour I happened to meet.

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"Your love has grown weary of keeping her kisses,
And learning a song that will never be sung.
This morning, your Molly has married another,
A penniless man with a heart that is young".
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So all you young lovers all ready to marry,
Remember my story and mind what I say.
For I was a wise man, and now I am sorry,
The wisdom of winter is madness in May.

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