by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Baby Toes
Language: English
There is a blue star, Janet, Fifteen years' ride from us, If we ride a hundred miles an hour. There is a white star, Janet, Forty years' ride from us, If we ride a hundred miles an hour. Shall we ride To the blue star Or the white star?
Text Authorship:
- by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), "Baby Toes", appears in Smoke and Steel, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carl Ernest Bricken (1898 - 1971), "Baby Toes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 49