My Secret Flame

Transcribed from vocals by Hilda Rogers, with Lil "Brown Gal" Armstrong and Her Dixielanders, recorded September 9, 1938.
From Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, 1936-1940, Chronological Classics, vol. 564.

I laugh when they mention your name,
I laugh, not in joy, but in pain,
'Cause you don't know I love you so,
You are my secret flame.

I hide everything that I feel,
I hide what my heart would reveal,
'Cause you don't know I love you so,
You are my secret flame.

You tell me all about others,
I pretend to enjoy it, too,
You call me your little play mother,
But, honey-child, I ain't playin' with you!

One day, and it ain't far away,
I'll call a spade a spade,
And let you know, I love you so;
You are my secret flame!

One day, and it ain't far away,
I'll call a spade a spade,
And let you know, I love you so;
You are my secret flame!

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Published 12/1/00.

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