Album: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 9: 11 October 1937 to 16 June 1938
A Lie In My Heart Trk 15 Dsc 2 3:09 song 39
Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) And The Chicago Five
Aurora, Illinois, March 14, 1938 Leland Hotel Top Floor
Tampa Red- vocal,& guitar, unk - trumpet (coronet)
Poss Bill Owsley - tenor sax, prob Blind John Davis - piano
Unk string bass (poss imitation sb)
Album: The Bluebird Recordings - Tampa Red 1936 - 1938
2 Disc set RCA 07863 66722-2 1997 BMG
I may be wrong to say, I love you
I'll put your day in the dark
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
And though I know you didn't want me
I played a fool at the start
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
Though I may pretend I'm gay
And hide away in a magic house of my own
Hopin' that you may someday return and say
'I'm sorry I left you alone, dear'
I may be wrong to say, 'I miss you'
Or watch your view from afar
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart
'Yas, swing cat'
(piano & clapping)
'Uh-huh, yeah'
'Tickle that thing, boy'
'Oh, ain't that pretty?
Yowsir
(sax)
'I hear ya Mr Sax Man'
'Uh-huh, oh yeah'
'Oh yeah'
(coronet)
'I hear ya Mr Coronet Man'
Though I may pretend I'm gay
And hide away in a magic house of my own
Hopin' that you may someday return and say
'I'm sorry I left you alone, dear'
I may be wrong to say, 'I miss you'
Or watch your view from afar
But it's better to say, I love you
Than to live with a lie in my heart