by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)
Blue eyes looking up at me
Language: English
Blue eyes looking up at me, I wonder what you really see, Lying in your cradle there, Fragrant as a branch of myrrh. Helpless little hands and feet, O so helpless! O so sweet! Tiny tongue that cannot talk, Tiny feet that cannot walk, Nothing of you that can do aught, Except those eyes of blue, those eyes of blue. How they open! How they close! Eyelids of the baby rose. Open and shut, so blue, so wise, Baby eyelids, baby eyes; Blue eyes, blue eyes looking up at me.
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- by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "Blue eyes looking up at me", copyright © 1950. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
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Word count: 90