Lovely Lies = Laku Tshoni'langa
Words and Music by :  Mackay Davashe - English lyrics by Tom Glazer
Arranged and adapted by:
Publisher:  Gallo Music Publishing
This was the first South African recording to enter the Billboard Top 100 , peaking at number 45 in March 1956.
Recording #1 by Miriam Makeba:
Recording date: 1956 (with Manhattan Brothers)
Playing time:
78: 1610
45: 45-1610
CD: MANTCD014, WRASS-062, WRASS088,
Recording #2 by Miriam Makeba:
Recording date: May 11, 1960
Playing time: 2:07
45: 45-1610, RE10165M,
LP: HA2332, LSP2267, CDS1068,
CD: CD5564, COL-CD-2842, CD12514, NEXTCD-337
Recording #3 by Miriam Makeba:
Recording date: 1964
Playing time: 2:42
LP: LSP2845, INTS1307,
CD: NEXTCD-295
Recording #4 by Miriam Makeba:
Recording date: 1975
Playing time: 3:29
LP: SLP48,
CD: STCD3017,

Recording #5 by Miriam Makeba:
Recording date: 1993
Playing time: 4:38
CD: CDS12702,
Lyrics:

You tell such lovely lies
With your two lovely eyes
When I leave your embrace
Another takes my place

Your kiss that I adore
Makes me come back for more
Although my heart is wise
To all your lovely lies

The devil is a woman
So enticing and oh so beguilin'
And the devil is a woman
Who hurts you while she's smilin'

Lost in a masquerade
My heart has played and paid
A broken my prize
For all your lovely lies