by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
Bessie's song to her doll Matches original text
Language: English
Matilda Jane, you never look At any toy or picture-book: I show you pretty things in vain -- You must be blind, Matilda Jane! I ask you riddles, tell you tales, But all our conversation fails: You never answer me again -- I fear you're dumb, Matilda Jane! Matilda, darling, when I call, You never seem to hear at all: I shout with all my might and main -- but you're so deaf, Matilda Jane! Matilda Jane, you needn't mind: For, though you're deaf, and dumb, and blind, There's some one loves you, it is plain -- And that is me, Matilda Jane!
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Bessie's song to her doll", 2014 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, Chapter V (Matilda Jane), Bessie's song to her doll, first published 1893
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 99