If Ever I Would Leave You
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If ever I would leave you, it wouldn't be in summer;
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Seeing you in sum - mer, I nev - er would go --
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Your hair streaked with sunlight, your lips red as flame,
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Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame.
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But if I'd ever leave you, it couldn't be in autumn;
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How I'd leave in au - tumn, I nev - er will know.
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I've seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air;
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I know you in autumn and I must be there.
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And could I leave you running merrily through the snow?
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Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire's glow?
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If ever I would leave you, how could it be in springtime,
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Knowing how in spring I'm be - witched by you so?
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Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall --
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No never could I leave you at all.