When I worked in the mill weavin' at the loom

I'd gaze absent minded at the roof

And half the time the shuttle o tangle in the threads

And the warp o get mixed with the woof

If I loved you



But somehow I ken see

Just exack'ly how I'd be



If I loved you

Time and again I would try to say

All I'd want you to know

If I loved you

Words wouldn't come in an easy way

Round in circles I'd go



Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy.

I'd let my golden chances pass me by.

Soon you'd leave me.

Off you would go in the mist of day.

Never, never to know,

How I loved you, if I loved you...



Longing to tell you, but afraid and shy

I'd let my golden chances pass me by



Soon you'd leave me.

Off you would go in the mist of day

Never, never to know

If I loved you

If I loved you