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The Twelfth Of Never    (1957)

You ask me how much I need you, must I explain?
I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you, I'll tell you true
Until the Twelfth of Never, I'll still be loving you

Hold me close, never let me go
Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow

I'll love you 'til the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you 'til the clover has lost its perfume
I'll love you 'til the poets run out of rhyme
Until the Twelfth of Never and that's a long, long time

Until the Twelfth of Never and that's a long, long time

Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Jerry Livingston.
Recorded by Johnny Mathis.
The melody of this song was taken from the 16th-century English
folk song "I Gave My Love a Cherry" (a.k.a "The Riddle Song")

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