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  • If ever I should read this, it sure wasn't this summer
    Reading this in summer, 'tis what I wanted so
    Beneath the brightest sunlight, Cap's suit red as flame
    Lightning bolt with a luster that puts gold to shame

    But if I ever read this, it couldn't be this autumn
    Why it's not this autumn, I never will know
    How my eyes would sparkle when fall nips the air
    If it shipped this autumn I would so be there

    And will I hold this book, running merrily through the snow
    Upon a wintry evening reading by the fire's glow

    If ever I should read this, oh, could it be in springtime
    Knowing how in spring I would love to read it so
    Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
    No never will I read it at all
  • Was there a reason given why?
  • The Baron said:
    If ever I should read this, it sure wasn't this summer
    Reading this in summer, 'tis what I wanted so
    Beneath the brightest sunlight, Cap's suit red as flame
    Lightning bolt with a luster that puts gold to shame

    But if I ever read this, it couldn't be this autumn
    Why it's not this autumn, I never will know
    How my eyes would sparkle when fall nips the air
    If it shipped this autumn I would so be there

    And will I hold this book, running merrily through the snow
    Upon a wintry evening reading by the fire's glow

    If ever I should read this, oh, could it be in springtime
    Knowing how in spring I would love to read it so
    Oh, no, not in springtime, summer, winter, or fall
    No never will I read it at all

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    The Baron's post
    has the most

    good rhyming
    good timing

    It's better than hot buttered toast
  • Thank you, sir! Here's the original, for those who would like to compare:

    If ever I would leave you
    It wouldn't be in summer.
    Seeing you in summer I never would go.
    Your hair streaked with sun-light,
    Your lips red as flame,
    Your face witha lustre
    that puts gold to shame!

    But if I'd ever leave you,
    It couldn't be in autumn.
    How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.
    I've seen how you sparkle
    When fall nips the air.
    I know you in autumn
    And I must be there.

    And could I leave you
    running merrily through the snow?
    Or on a wintry evening
    when you catch the fire's glow?

    If ever I would leave you,
    How could it be in spring-time?
    Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?
    Oh, no! not in spring-time!
    Summer, winter or fall!
    No, never could I leave you at all!
  • I'm glad I have the one from 1990.
  • PowerBook Pete said:
    I'm glad I have the one from 1990.

    Yeah, me too. Though my binding isn't doing so well.
  • Nice, Baron!

    Yeah, I'm on board for this whenever it comes out, too.
  • Travis Herrick said:
    Was there a reason given why?

    Apparently, TPTB had to choose between this or a hardcover, slipcased, gilt-edged 475th reprinting of "A Death in the Family."

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