Secretly
- artist: jimmie rodgers
- peak billkboard position # 3 in 1958
- words and music by al hoffman, dick manning & mark markwell
- roulette r-4070 planetary music ascap
Why must i meet you in a secret rendezvous?
why must we steal away to steal a kiss or two?
why must we wait to do the things we want to do?
why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why?
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly
wish we didn't have to kiss secretly
wish we didn't have to be afraid
to show the world that we're in love
Till we have the right to meet openly
till we have the right to kiss openly
we'll just have to be content to be in love secretly
<very brief instrumental interlude>
Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh, why, oh why?
Wish we didn't have to meet secretly
wish we didn't have to kiss secretly
wish we didn't have to be afraid
to show the world that we're in love
Till we have the right to meet openly
till we have the right to kiss openly
we'll just have to be content to be in love secretly
End of 45-single version

transcriber's note: additional verse not sung by rodgers
Why must we wait until we're dancing cheek to cheek?
to whisper all the words of love we long to speak?
why must our love be like a game of hide-and-seek?

transcribed by robin hood