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I whispered, "I am too young," / And then, "I am old enough," / Wherefore I threw a penny / To find out if I might love; / "Go and love, go and love, young man, / If the lady be young and fair," / Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, / I am looped in the loops of her hair.
Oh love is the crooked thing, / There is nobody wise enough / To find out all that is in it, / For he would be thinking of love / Till the stars had run away, / And the shadows eaten the moon; / Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, / One cannot begin it too soon.