{"product_id":"if-youre-ever-going-to-love-me","title":"If You're Ever Going to Love Me","description":"\u003caudio controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/2784\/5722\/files\/If-Your-Ever-Going-To-Love-Me.mp3?v=1754114560\"\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the Amidons CD \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/amidonmusic.com\/books-cds-store\/amidon-books-cds\/hymns-and-ballads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHymns \u0026amp; Ballads\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e , Mary Alice solo, Peter guitar and vocal harmony. Mary Alice found this poem in the collection \"The Best Loved Poems of the American People\".  She has an uncanny gift for finding the perfect tune for a poem. Here is her technique: she looks at a poem; a tune comes into her head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLYRICS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You’re Ever Going to Love\u003c\/strong\u003e Me\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eanonymous\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you’re ever going to love me\u003cbr\u003eLove me now, while I can know\u003cbr\u003eAll the sweet and tender feelings\u003cbr\u003eWhich from real affection flow\u003cbr\u003eLove me now, while I am living;\u003cbr\u003eDo not wait till I am gone\u003cbr\u003eAnd then chisel it in marble-\u003cbr\u003eWarm love words on ice-cold stone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you’ve dear sweet thoughts about me\u003cbr\u003eWhy not whisper them to me?\u003cbr\u003eDon’t you know ‘twould make me happy\u003cbr\u003eAnd as glad as glad could be?\u003cbr\u003eIf you wait till I am sleeping\u003cbr\u003eNe’er to waken here again,\u003cbr\u003eThere’ll be walls of earth between us\u003cbr\u003eAnd I couldn’t hear you then.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you knew someone was thirsting\u003cbr\u003eFor a drop of water sweet\u003cbr\u003eWould you be so slow to bring it?\u003cbr\u003eWould you step with laggard feet?\u003cbr\u003eThere are tender hearts all round us\u003cbr\u003eWho are thirsting for our love;\u003cbr\u003eWhy withhold from them what\u003cbr\u003eNature makes them crave all else above.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI won’t need your kind caresses\u003cbr\u003ewhen the grass grows o’er my face;\u003cbr\u003eI won’t crave your love or kisses\u003cbr\u003eIn my last low resting place\u003cbr\u003eSo then if you love me any\u003cbr\u003eIf it’s but a little bit,\u003cbr\u003eLet me know it now while living\u003cbr\u003eI can own and treasure it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you’re ever going to love me\u003cbr\u003eLove me now, while I can know\u003cbr\u003eAll the sweet and tender feelings\u003cbr\u003eWhich from real affection flow\u003cbr\u003eLove me now, while I am living;\u003cbr\u003eDo not wait till I am gone\u003cbr\u003eAnd then chisel it in marble-\u003cbr\u003eWarm love words on ice-cold stone.","brand":"Amidon Community Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134569320538,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/amidoncommunitymusic.com\/products\/if-youre-ever-going-to-love-me","provider":"Amidon Community Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}