Brown Penny
Duke Ellington, John La Touche, William Butler Yeats
[LUCY]
First I whispered, "I am too young"
And then, "I'm old enough now"
So I carelessly tossed up a penny
Just to make up my mind somehow
"Go and love, go and love," it said
"If your lover be young and wise"
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny
I am lost in the depths of his eyes
Oh, love is a crooked thing
And where is nobody can say
All the curious things there are in it
For he would be dreaming away
'Til stars had tumbled out of the sky
And the shadows had eaten the moon
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny
Onе cannot begin it too soon
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown pеnny