Songs

My Name is Barbara

by Leonard Bernstein From I Hate Music! (Songcycle) (1943)

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My Name is Barbara
English source: Leonard Bernstein

My mother says that babies come in bottles;
but last week she said they grew on special baby-bushes.
I don’t believe in the storks, either!
They’re all in the zoo, busy with their own babies!
And what’s a baby-bush, anyway!?
My name is Barbara.

Composer

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist.

Poet

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the U.S. to receive worldwide acclaim.

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