Title: If Ever I Would Leave You
Artist: Frederick Lowe, Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Folk
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T:If Ever I Would Leave You
T:If Ever I Would Leave You
C:Frederick Lowe
Z:All Rights Reserved
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w: If ev- er I would|leave you,|_ it would- n't be in|sum- mer.|* See- ing you in|
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w: sum- mer I|nev- er would|go.|_ Your hair streaked with|sun- light,|
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w: _ your lips red as|flame,|_ your face with a|lus- tre|
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w: _ that puts gold to|shame.|_ But if I'd ev- er|leave you,|
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w: _ it could- n't be in|au- tumn.~|_ How I'd leave in|au- tumn I|nev- er will|
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w: know.|_ I've seen how you|spar- kle|_ when fall nips the|air.|
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w: _ I know you in|au- tumn|_ and I must be|there.|And could I|
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w: leave you run- ning|mer- ri- ly through the|snow?|_ Or on a|win- try eve- ning|
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w: when you catch the fi- re's|glow?|_ If ev- er I would|leave you,|
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w: _ how could it be in|spring- time,|_ know- ing how in|spring I'm be-|
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w: witched by you|so?|_ Oh, no! not in|spring- time,|
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w: * sum- mer win- ter or|fall!|_ No, nev- er could I|leave you|_ at|
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w: all!|_ And could I|all!|_||