12TH OF NEVER
(Paul Francis Webster / Jerry Livingston - Based on the 16th Century
English folk song "The Riddle Song - I Gave My Love A Cherry")

Johnny Mathis - 1957
Nina Simone - 1959
Bill Henderson - 1960
Cliff Richard - 1964
Connie Smith - 1966
Sandy Posey - 1967
Glen Campbell - 1968
The Chi-Lites - 1969 
Donny Osmond - 1973
Elvis Presley - 1974
The Carter Twins - 1997
Also recorded by: Petula Clark; Cher; Billy J. Kramer; Eddy Raven; 
Dave Young; The Browns; The Ventures; Roger Whittaker; Jeri Brown; 
Marieann Meringolo; Jim Nabors; Pat Kelly; Clint West; Tony Ennis; 
Frank Patterson; Olivia Newton-John; Floyd Cramer; Bronn Journey; 
Slim Whitman; Hank Marvin; Lou Rawls; The Fureys.


You ask how much I love you must I explain
I need you oh my darling like roses need rain
You ask how long I'll love you I'll tell you true
Until the 12th of never I'll still be loving you

Hold me close never let me go
Hold me close melt my heart like april snow

I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom
I'll love you till the clover has lost it's perfume
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhymes

Until the 12th of never and that's a long long time
Until the 12th of never and that's a long long time