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If You Ever Should Leave

Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight

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Ella Fitzgerald And Her Savoy Eight - If You Ever Should Leave

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight

Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight

Performer

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Vocals

Taft Jordan

Trumpet

Sandy Williams

Trombone

Pete Clark

Alto Saxophone

Louis Jordan

Alto Saxophone

Teddy McRae

Baritone Saxophone

Tommy Fulford

Piano

Bobby Johnson

Guitar

Beverly Peer

Upright Bass

Chick Webb

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sammy Cahn

Composer

Saul Chaplin

Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you ever should leave

Why would I want to live?

Darling, you must believe

Won't you try to forgive?

[Verse 2]

What a fool I would be

If I fooled with your love for me

I'd be wrong from the start

I'd be unfair to my heart

[Verse 3]

So whatever you do

Don't you say that we're through

I'd do nothing but grieve

If you ever should leave

[Verse 4]

Oh, what a fool I would be

If I fooled with your love for me

I'd be wrong from the start

I'd be unfair to my heart

[Verse 5]

So whatever you do

Don't you say that we're through

I'd do nothing but grieve

If you ever should leave

[Verse 6]

I'd do nothing but grieve

If you ever should leave

Written by: Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin

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