| Genre Categories | Ballads; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | Why Live a Lie? |
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| Alternative. Title | A Ballad with a Fox Trot Melody |
| Composer | Koehler, Ted |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ITK 1 |
| Key | E-flat major |
| Librettist | L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886–1970) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Early 20th century |
| Piece Style | Early 20th century |
| Instrumentation | voice, piano |