by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
Language: English
I am Rose my eyes are blue. I am Rose who are you? I am Rose and when I sing I am Rose like anything.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "I am Rose", published 1963 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946), no title, appears in The World Is Round, in There, first published 1939
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Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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