But maybe I ought to practise a little now; So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised; When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandles, and say we've no money for butter.Jenny Joseph
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
Jenny Joseph
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry; And pay our rent and not swear in the street; And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
Jenny Joseph
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick flowers in other people's gardens And learn to spit.
Jenny Joseph
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