If I Loved You

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 warped get mixed with the woof

If I loved you

But somehow I can see

Just exactly 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

How I loved you

If I loved you