VAUGHN MONROE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
VOCAL BY SHIRLEY BOOTH WHO SINGS THIS
SONG WITH A COMEDY ROUTINE AS DOTTIE
MAHOLNY, IN A BROOKLYN ACCENT.
IS IT A SIN, IS IT A CRIME,
lOVIN' YOU DEAR, LIKE I D0-OO?
IF IT'S A SIN, THEN I'M GUILTY,
GUILTY OF LOVIN' YOU.
MAYBE I'M WRONG, DREAMING OF YOU,
DREAMING THE LONELY NIGHT THROUGH,
IF IT'S A CRIME, THEN I'M GUILTY,
GUILTY OF DREAMING OF YOU.
(THE MUSIC STOPS AND MS. BOOTH
GOES INTO A COMEDY ROUTINE.
SHE THEN CONCLUDES AGAIN SINGING
IN A BROOKLYN ACCENT);
MAYBE, I'M RIGHT, MAYBE I'M WRONG,
LOVING YOU DEAR, LIKE I DO-OO.
IT IT'S A CRIME THEN I'M GUILY,
GUILTY OF LOVIN' YOU-OO.
(APPLAUSE BY THE AUDIENCE).