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   Just Say I Love Him
  (1930) Val, Dale, Kalmanoff, Ward, Enzo Fusco, Rodolfo Falvo
   
  Just say that I need him as roses need the rain
And tell him that without him my dreams are all in vain
Just say I love him loved him from the start
And tell him that I'm yearning to say what's in my heart
Just say that I need him as roses need the rain
Tell him that without him my dreams are all in vain

If you should chance to meet him anytime anyplace anywhere
Say I was a fool to leave him
Tell him how much a fool can care
And if he tells you he's lonely now and then
Just won't you tell him that I love him
And want him back again

If you should see him anytime anyplace anywhere
Tell him I was a fool to leave him
Tell him how much a fool can care
And if he tells you he's lonely now and then
Won't you just say I love him and want him back again
Won't you just say I love him and want him back again

--Thanks to Roger Nupie for the transcription of the lyrics
 
 
The original version is the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje" published in 1930 by the lyricist Enzo Fusco and the composer Rodolfo Falvo.
The song became promptly a classic, being translated into English with the title "Just Say I Love Her" and interpreted by dozens of performers, among which Vic Damone, Eddie Fisher, Frankie Avalon, Al Martino, Connie Francis, Artie Shaw, Tony Bennett.
   
  Recording studio session 1961, New York -- (LP Forbidden Fruit)
    LP 1961 Forbidden Fruit Colpix CP/SCP 419
    LP 1963 Nina's Choice Colpix CP/SCP 443
    CD 1998 Forbidden Fruit + At Newport Collectables [6:32]
    CD 1999 Forbidden Fruit+Sings Ellington+Folksy Nina West Side WESD 225
   
  Recording studio session 1993, Hollywood -- (LP A Single Woman)
    CD 1993 Single Woman Elektra 7559-61503-2 [4:29]
 
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