String Ensemble,String Trio Cello,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1497443 By Donny Osmond. By Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster. Arranged by Homco/Crinion. Pop. 11 pages. Homco/Crinion #1073855. Published by Homco/Crinion (A0.1497443). The Twelfth of Never is a popular song that was written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis a year later. The meaning of the title defines the date of a future event that will never happen. The Twelfth of Never  thus gives us the date for which the singer will stop loving his beloved - which, of course, is - never. It's all about the timelessness of love, and appropriately, this is a timeless song.