Timi Yuro - Just Say I Love Him

Timi Yuro (Rosemary Timothy Yuro / 1940 - 2004)
Just say I love him
I've loved him from the start
And tell him how I'm yearning
To say what's in my heart
Just say I need him
Like roses need the rain
And tell him how I'm longing
To see him once again
If you should chance to meet him
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
Oh, say I, I was a fool to leave him
And 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
And if he tells you
He's lonely now and then
Oh, won't you just say I love him
And I want him back again
Oh, again..
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"Just Say I Love Him (or Her)"
is a popular song, adapted from the Italian song
"Dicitencello Vuie"..
The original music was written by Neapolitan composer
Rodolfo Falvo
arrangement in USA by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale..
the original Italian lyrics by Enzo Fusco
and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward..
Recorded versions
Frankie Avalon
Tony Bennett (1950)
Vic Damone (1950)
Johnny Desmond (1950)
Eddie Fisher
Connie Francis
Robert Goulet (1964)
Dean Martin (1962)
Al Martino
Cliff Richard (1965)
Artie Shaw
Nina Simone (Forbidden Fruit - 1961 and A Single Woman - 1993)
Jerry Vale
Lou Monte (1958)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1970)
Jimmy Roselli
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Timi Yuro died in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2004
from throat cancer.
She was 63 years old when she died.