a 1945 song from the musical “Carousel”
words by Oscar Hammestein II
music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- When I worked in the mill
Weavin’ at the loom
I’d gaze absent-minded at the roof
And half the time the shuttle ‘d tangle in the threads
And the warp ‘d get mixed with the woof
If I loved you! Oh
Somehow I can see just exackly how I’d be
Refrain
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
Longin’ 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
- Kinda scrawny and pale
Pickin’ at my food
And lovesick like any other guy
I’d throw away my sweater and dress up like a dude
In a dickey and a collar and a tie
If I loved you
And I know I would be like you said you’d be with me
Sung here by Fred Feild: