Lyrics by Jim Smith

I long to see you once again
Just to feel the warmth of your smile
To hear you laugh just one more time
The way we'd laugh if ever you were mine
 
Chorus
But you'll n'er be mine
That just cannot be
And the smiles that you smile
Are for another, not me.
 
The sadness I'll feel
For the rest of all time
Is the sadness of knowing
If ever you were mine

Words - Silver Donald Cameron,
of d'Escousse, for his wife Lulu

If you were mine one hour,
I'd be the proudest one you'd see
If you were mine one hour,
How glad I'd be
If you were mine for just one hour,
Of all the hours of all my days
If you were mine one hour,
That hour would be the flame in me.
 
If you were mine one day,
I'd be the happiest one you'd see
If you were mine one day,
In love with me
If you were mine for just one day,
Of all the long days of all my years
If you were mine one day,
That day would be a life to me.
 
If you were mine for a life
I'd be the humblest one you'd see
I'd offer thanks
For the wonder given me
And you've been mine through all the years
Through all the struggles, joys and tears
We've had a love, my sweet,
As deep, as constant as the sea.
 
This song is found on Scott MacMillan's Minnie Sessions Volume 1 recording.