It's from a poem called "Warning" by Jenny Joseph, which starts:
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 sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
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Date: 2008-11-16 05:08 am (UTC)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 sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
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Date: 2008-11-16 07:42 pm (UTC)