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by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)

Bless my Baby Bless My Baby Bright
Language: English 
The house was just twinkling in the moon light,   
And inside it twinkling with delight,
Is my baby bright.
Twinkling with delight in the house twinkling   
with the moonlight,
Bless my baby bless my baby bright,
Bless my baby twinkling with delight,
In the house twinkling in the moon light,
Her hubby dear loves to cheer when he thinks
and he always thinks when he knows and he always   
knows that his blessed baby wifey is all here and he
is all hers, and sticks to her like burrs, blessed baby

little love-note for her partner Alice B. Toklas

Text Authorship:

  • by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946) [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 Kerry Andrew (b. 1978), "Bless my Baby Bless My Baby Bright", 2025, first performed 2025 [ soprano and piano ], Kerry Andrew
        Publisher: Kerry Andrew [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 91

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