WE BOTH TOLD A LIE
(Art Noel / Jimmy Messini 1939)

as recorded by Elsie Carlisle

also recorded by -
Victor Silvester & his Orchestra '41
Vera Lynn '42


We both told a lie and we both regret it;
Forget it, that's all we can do!
There are you, here am I,
And you cry, so do I,
What fools we have been, we two!

We both were to blame for being so jealous,
Just one little word made us part!
That word wasn't true,
So let's start anew,
For we both told a lie, sweetheart!

Let us forget it and make up again,
We may discover the truth!
Why should we quarrel? We both were to blame!
Our hearts are dying,
No use denying!

We both were to blame for being so jealous,
Just one little word made us part!
That word wasn't true,
So let's start anew,
For we both told a lie, sweetheart!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2014)