IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE
(Billy Mayhew)

John Denver

Also recorded by: 

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Be sure it's true when you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken

I love you, yes I do, I love you
If you break my heart I'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie

Be sure it's true when you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken

I love you, yes I do, I love you
If you break my heart I'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie

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IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE 


as rec by Elizabeth Scott w Henry Hall & The BBC Dance Orch  1936


You know it's a sin to tell a lie,
Still you keep saying, "I love you!".
It may be true,
I wish I knew,
But I'm giving fair warning to you;

Be sure it's true
When you say, "I love you!",
It's a sin to tell a lie!
Millions of hearts have been broken,
Just because these words were spoken!

I love you, oh I do, I love you,
If you break my heart I'll die,
So be sure it's true
When you say, "I love you!",
It's a sin to tell a lie!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2012)