IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
From the film "Rose Of The Rancho" (1936)
(Music: Ralph Rainger / Lyrics: Leo Robin)

Richard Himber & His Orch. (vocal: Stuart Allen) - 1936
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson - 1936
Jay Wilbur & His Orch. - 1926
June Christy - 1947
Nat King Cole - 1952
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1952
Dick Haymes - 1957
Peggy Lee - 1957
Doris Drew - 1957
Gogi Grant - 1958
Lodi Carr - 1958
The Four Freshmen - 1958
Chris Connor - 1960
Dinah Washington - 1961
The Dreamlovers - 1961
Julie London - 1962
Georgia Brown - 1963
Little Jimmy Scott - 1963
Aretha Franklin - 1964
Betty Scott - 1965
Nina Simone - 1966
Carmen McRae & George Shearing - 1980
Frank Sinatra - 1984
Betty Carter - 1993
Mike Campbell - 1994
Vanessa Rubin - 1998
Melissa Walker - 1998
Dena DeRose - 2000
Sheila Jordan - 2002
Madeline Eastman - 2003
Ellen Johnson - 2005
Nancy Donnelly - 2006

Also recorded by: Chet Atkins; Billy Daniels; Keely Smith;
Hank Mobley; Oscar Peterson; Charlie Parker; Joe Williams;
Jimmy Raney; Sonny Stitt; Jackie Gleason; Wes Montgomery;
Milt Jackson; Harry Richman; Charlie Watts; Benny Golson;
Maricle & Mastroianni 5:.................and many others.



If I should lose you
The stars would fall from the sky
If I should lose you
The leaves would wither and die

The birds in Maytime
Would sing a mournful refrain
And I would wander around
Hating the sound of rain

With you beside me
The rose would bloom in the snow
With you beside me
No winds of winter would blow

I gave you my love
And I was living a dream
But living would seem in vain
If I lost you



(Transcribed by Phillip Picciotti - December 2003)