The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #17311   Message #2729255
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
22-Sep-09 - 08:12 PM
Thread Name: poet songs
Subject: RE: poet songs
When I was one and twenty
I heard a wise man say,
'Give crowns and pounds and jewels,
But not your heart away.'

My, I love that poem! So I set it to my own tune, and have performed it now and again, to good reception.

Dave Oesterreich