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 sunlight, 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 springtime

Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so

Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall

No never could I leave you at all