Want no silver threads among the gold
Want no silver threads among the gold
Want no silver threads, want some action instead
Want no silver threads among the gold
Be my life’s companion, and you’ll never grow old
I’ll love you so much that you’ll never grow old
When there’s joy in living you just never grow old
You’ve got to stay young, ‘cause you’ll never grow old
People who are lonely can be old at thirty-three
Don’t let it happen to you, don’t let it happen to me
Be my life’s companion, and you’ll never grow old
You’ll never grow old, no, you’ll never grow old
Love and youth and happiness are yours to have and hold
Be my life’s companion, and you’ll never grow old
I know a man who’s lonely, and he’s old at thirty-three
No one wants to be old at thirty-three
Your disposition sours like a lemon on a tree
Don’t let it happen to you, and don’t let it happen to me
Be my life’s companion, and you’ll never grow old"You'll never grow old" is a recurring phrase in the song, and as if to reflect the stasis in age, the words that constitute the rhyme scheme don't change. Or at least they don't change that much. The first verse (after the introductory "Want no silver threads among the gold...") is exemplary in this stasis; the words that rhyme are all the same: "old," "old," "old," and "old." In fact, each line ends with the phrase "never grow old."
Yes, I’ll love you so much that you’ll never grow old
Love and youth and happiness are yours to have and hold
Be my life’s companion, be my life’s companion, and you’ll never grow old
The rhyming words at the ends of the other verses have more variance but not much. A couplet in a later verse has both lines ending in "old at thirty-three."
Listening to the song, that stasis of rhyming words is somewhat noticeable, but it becomes especially obvious once you actually look at the lyrics.
