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The Twelfth Of Never
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Johnny Mathis
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(Written by Paul Francis Webster and Jerry Livingston)
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Peaked at # 9 in 1957
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Later charted by The Chi-Lites at # 122 in 1969 as "B" side of their "Let Me Be the
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Man My Daddy Was"
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Also charted by Donny Osmond at # 8 in 1973
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The melody of this song was taken from the 16th-century English folk song "I Gave
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My Love a Cherry" (a/k/a "The Riddle Song")
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You ask me how much I need you, must I explain?
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I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain
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You ask how long I'll love you, I'll tell you true
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Until the Twelfth of Never, I'll still be loving you
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Hold me close, never let me go
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Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow
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I'll love you 'til the bluebells forget to bloom
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I'll love you 'til the clover has lost its perfume
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I'll love you 'til the poets run out of rhyme
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Until the Twelfth of Never and that's a long, long time
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Until the Twelfth of Never and that's a long, long time
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Twelfth Of Never
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| Donny Osmond |
