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 arms red as flame
Your face with a luster that puts gold to shame
And if i’d ever leave you, it couldn’t be in autumn
Just how i’d leave in autumn, i never, never would know
I’ve seen how you sparkle when fall nips the air
I know you in autumn and i must be there
Oh would i leave you running merrily, merrily, merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening when you catch the fire’s glow?
If ever i would leave you, it wouldn’t be in springtime
Knowing how in springtime i’m bewitched, bewitched, bewitched by you so
Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
If ever i would leave, leave you at all