by Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
April Fool Baby
Language: English
It seems to be a note to she the sweet sweetie But actually it's April Fool to tender she My sweetie April fun of fool which is me for my sweetie Dear April which made she to be All to he April Fool to his sweetie which is she Tenderly excessively sweetily My April Fool baby
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 Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), "April Fool Baby", 1935, published 1984, from Secret Words: A Suite of Six Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 56