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.

Jenny Joseph is the author of the poem WARNING, four lines of which are quoted above. This is copywrited material and we do not have permission to print the entire poem.

There are several places in which yhou may find the entire poem. In the book When I am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple by Sandra Haldeman Martz (Editor) and Jenny Joseph and in Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph and Pythia Ashton-Jewell (Illustrator). The right to reproduce and sell the poem on cards and gift products belongs to Elizabeth Lucas, whose items may be found at elizabethlucasdesigns.com or in the "Red Hat Imperium" on the Red Hat Society national website. You may read more about Jenny Joseph at whenIamanoldwoman.com.