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