Sixteen I fell in love
With a girl as sweet as could be
It only took a couple of days
'Til she was rid of me
She swore that she would be all mine
And love me 'til the end
But when I whispered in her ear
I lost another friend
Good times, bad times
You know I've had my share
When my woman left home
For a brown eyed man
Well, I still don't seem to care
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Digression. Is the first word really sixteen?
I've known this song since I was singing along to it in a dorm room in the early 70's, and always understood and sang "Sixteen I fell in love ..."
Just now while preparing this response, it sounded to me like the vocalist Plant was singing seventeen. So I slowed down the speed to 75% the of original using the gear icon and this menu in the lower right of YouTube videos, and the word seventeen seemed even more apparent:
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Then I slowed it to 50% and it more like sounded like seven-xteen.
I consulted a variety of sites for the lyrics, and they all agreed that the word was sixteen although it's possible that they all copied-and-pasted a single original text source.
Here they are beginning with a screen shot of the video linked to here
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This isn't a big deal, but I'd be interested in feedback regarding what others hear there. What do you hear?