IF I LOVED YOU
From the Broadway Musical "Carousel"
(Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Jan Clayton & John Raitt (Broadway Production) - 1945
Frank Sinatra - 1945
Perry Como - 1945
Iva Withers & Stephen Douglass (Broadway Revival) - 1949
Billy Ternant & His Orch. (vocal: Bobby Breen) - 1949
Dinah Washington - 1950
Carl Holmberg - 1950 (Swedish title " Var Det Karlek")
Iva Withers & Stephen Douglass (London Production) - 1950
Eve Boswell - 1950
Jo Sullivan & Chris Robinson (Broadway revival) - 1954
Roy Hamilton - 1954
Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae (Film Soundtrack) - 1956
Doreen Hume & John Hanson - 1956
Lucien Lupi - 1956 (French title "L'amour Viendra")
Barbara Cook & Howard Keel (Broadway Revival) - 1957
Andy Williams - 1958
The Skyliners - 1959
Ivor Emmanuel - 1959
Joni James - 1960
Ray Conniff Singers - 1960
Etta Jones - 1963
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1964
Willeke Alberti - 1964 (Dutch title "In M'n Dromen")
Gloria Lynne - 1965
Al Martino - 1965
Jerry vale - 1966
Elvis Presley (Informal Recording) - 1966
Mary Grover & Robert Goulet (TV Production) - 1967
Esther Phillips - 1977
Moira Anderson & Harry Secombe - 1981
Barbra Streisand - 1985
Joanna Riding & Michael Hayden (London Revival) - 1992
Sally Murphy & Michael Hayden (Broadway Revival) - 1994
Julie Andrews - 1994
Katherine Jenkins & Alfie Boe (London revival) - 2017
Also recorded by:
Josh Groban & Audra McDonald; Charlotte Church; Bernadette Peters;
Mario Lanza; Helen Merrill; Rita Moreno; Elaine Paige; Renato Russo;
Bryn Terfel; Richard Anthony; Chad & Jeremy; Johnny Mann Singers;
P.J. Proby; The Lettermen; Kathy Kirby; The Vogues; Many Patinkin;
Michael Crawford; Valerie Masterson & Thomas Allen; Leslie Garrett;
Jeff Lynne; Lianne Carroll .......... and many, many others.
As performed by JAN CLAYTON as Julie and
JOHN RAITT as Billy in the 1945 Broadway Production:
BILLY:
Say, tell me somethin'. Ain't you scared of me?
I mean, after what that cop said about me takin' money from girls?
JULIE: I ain't scared!
BILLY: That your name Julie, Julie somethin'?
JULIE: Julie Jordon
BILLY:
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan
Ain't you sorry that you didn't run away?
You can still go if you wanna
JULIE:
I reckon that I care to choose to stay
You couldn't take my money if I didn't have any
And I don't have a penny, that's true
And if I did have money
You couldn't take any
'Cause you'd ask and I'd give it to you
BILLY:
You're a queer one, Julie Jordan
Ain't you ever had a fella you give money to?
JULIE: No!
BILLY: Ain't you ever had a fella at all?
JULIE: No!
BILLY: Well, you must o' had a fella you went walkin' with
JULIE: Yes!
BILLY: Where'd you walk?
JULIE: Nowhere special I recall
BILLY: In the woods?
JULIE: No!
BILLY: On the beach?
JULIE: No!
BILLY: Did you love him?
JULIE: No, I never loved no one, I told you that
BILLY:
Hey, you're, your're a funny kid
D'you wanna go into town dance maybe or...
JULIE: No! I have to be careful
BILLY: Of what?
JULIE: Of my character. You see, I'm never gonna marry
I'm never gonna marry
If I was gonna marry
I wouldn't have to be such a stickler
But I'm never gonna marry
And a girl who don't marry
Has gotta be much more partic'lar
BILLY: Suppose I was to say to you that I'd marry ya?
JULIE: You?
BILLY:
Oh, that scares ya, don't it?
You're thinkin' about what that cop said
JULIE: No, I ain't, I never paid no mind to what he said
BILLY: But you wouldn't marry anyone like me, would you?
JULIE:
Oh, yes, I would! If I loved you
It wouldn't make no difference what you did
Not even if I'd died first
BILLY:
Uh, how d'ya know what you'd do if you loved me?
Or how you'd feel or anythin'?
JULIE: I don't know how I know
BILLY: Ahh!
JULIE:
Just the same, I know how I, how it'd be
If I loved you
When I work in the mill weavin' at the loom
I gaze absent-minded at the roof
And half the time the shuttle'd tangled in the threads
And the warp'd get mixed with the woof
If I loved you
BILLY: But you don't!
JULIE: No, I don't!
But somehow I can see just exactly how I'd be
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
Longing 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
BILLY:
Well, anyway, you don't love me
That's what you said, wasn't it?
JULIE:
Yes!
I can smell 'em, can you. The blossoms
The wind brings 'em down!
BILLY:
Ain't much wind tonight, hardly any
You can't hear a sound, not the turn of a leaf
Nor the fall of a wave hittin' the sand
The tide's creepin' up on the beach like a thief
Afraid to be caught stealin' the land
On a night like this I start to wonder
What life is all about
JULIE: And I always say two heads are better than one to figure it out
BILLY:
I don't need you or anyone to help me
I got it figured out for myself
We ain't important! What are we?
A couple o' specks of, of nothin'
Look up there...
There's a hell of a lot of stars in the sky
And the sky's so big, the sea looks small
And two little people, you and I
We don't count at all
You're a funny kid
Don't ever remember meetin' another girl like you
You, you tryin' to get me to marry you?
JULIE: No!
BILLY:
Well, then what's put it into my head
You're diff'rent, alright! Can't think what it is
You look up at me with that little kid's face like you trust me
I wonder what it'd be like
JULIE: What?
BILLY:
Nothin'! I know what it'd be like
It'd be awful! I can just see myself
Kinda scrawny and pale
Picking at my food
And lovesick like any other guy
I'd throw away my sweater and dress up like a dude
In a dicky and a collar and a tie
If I loved you
JULIE: But you don't!
BILLY:
No, I don't!
But somehow I can see just exactly how I'd be
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
I'm not a fellah to marry anybody!
Even if a girl was foolish enough to want me, I wouldn't!
JULIE: Don't worry about it, Billy
BILLY: Who's worried?
JULIE:
You're right about there bein' no wind
The blossoms are just comin' down by theirselves
Just their time to, I reckon
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)
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As performed by SHIRLEY JONES as Julie
and GORDON MacRAE as Billy in the 1956 film:
BILLY:
How do you know what you’d do if you loved me?
How you’d feel, or anything?
JULIE:
I don’t know how I’d know, but I’d know how it'd be
If I loved you
BILLY: But you, you don’t?
JULIE: No, I don’t!
But somehow I can see just exactly how I’d be
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
BILLY: Well anyway, you don’t love me. It's what you said wasn’t it?
JULIE:
Yes!
I can smell them, can you?
The blossoms, the wind brings them down
BILLY:
Ain't much wind tonight, hardly any
You can’t hear a sound
Not the turn of a leaf
Nor the fall of a wave hittin' the sand
The tides creepin' up on the beach like a thief
Afraid to be caught, stealin' the land
On a night like this I start to wonder what life is all about
JULIE: And I always say two heads are better than one to figure it out
BILLY:
I don’t need you or anyone to help me
I got it figured out for myself
What are we, just a couple of specks of nothin'
Look up there
Why you can’t even count the stars in the sky
And the sky's so big, the sea looks small
And two little people, you and I, we don’t count at all
You’re a funny kid
I don’t remember ever meetin' a girl like ya
Hey, you trying to get me to marry ya?
JULIE: No!
BILLY:
Well then, what’s puttin' it into my head?
I wonder what it'd be like
JULIE: If you loved me? But you don’t
BILLY:
No, I don’t!
But somehow I can see just exactly how I’d be
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
Well anyway, I, I ain't the kind of a fellah’ to marry anybody
Even if a girl was foolish enough to want me to, I wouldn't
JULIE: Don’t worry about it, Billy
BILLY: Who’s worried?
JULIE:
You’re right about there bein' no wind
The blossoms are just comin' down by theirselves
Just their time to I reckon
(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - March 2006)
(Updated by Lizzi- August 2014)
