'NEVER shall a young man, br Thrown into despair br By those great honey-coloured br Ramparts at your ear, br Love you for yourself alone br And not your yellow hair.' br 'But I can get a hair-dye br And set such colour there, br Brown, or black, or carrot, br That young men in despair br May love me for myself alone br And not my yellow hair.' br 'I heard an old religious man br But yesternight declare br That he had found a text to prove br That only God, my dear, br Could love you for yourself alone br And not your yellow hair.