If Ever I Would Leave You

If ever I would leave you

It wouldn't be in summer

Seeing you in summer, I never would go

Your hair streaked with sun-light

Your lips red as flame

Your face with a luster

That puts gold to shame

But if I'd ever leave you

It couldn't be in autumn

How I'd leave in autumn I never will know

I've seen how you sparkle

When fall nips the air

I know you in autumn

And I must be there

And could I leave you

Running merrily through the snow?

Or on a wintry evening

When you catch the fire's glow?

If ever I would leave you

How could it be in spring-time?

Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?

Oh, no, not in spring-time

Summer, winter or fall

No, never could I leave you at all