The Twelfth Of Never - Johnny Mathis

Miscellaneous

The Twelfth Of Never

(Written by Paul Francis Webster and Jerry Livingston)

Peaked at # 9 in 1957

Later charted by The Chi-Lites at # 122 in 1969 as «B» side of their «Let Me Be the

Man My Daddy Was»

Also charted by Donny Osmond at # 8 in 1973

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»)

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